On Mon, 1 May 2006 00:21:10 -0400, Icebound wrote:

Maybe they are looking for independence from oil, so that they can sell it
to the west at 250 a barrel and not hurt their own economy, who knows?

Even Saudi Arabia knows that oil is a finite ressource. Why do they invest
so heavily in tourism and other developments there? They can have a happy
life right now doing nothing, but they are building for a different future
there. A friend of mine is flying for Emirate Airlines nd he sees first
hand what is going on there (and there are dozens of reports in the media
about that).

(...)
Will it be greater if the west goes in first,

please don't mix "the west" and "the USA". Thanks.

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