format_quote Originally Posted by
Amadeus85
No, they are small countries which hapenned to be placed on the enormous oil resources. You remember how they looked before oil was found there?
If everything is so great so why it looks so bad?
Look at the non oil muslim countries, with all the respect, but in rural areas life there didnt really change in last one hunderd years.
In that direction we can go forever in discussion, like where would be rest of the world without oil? You see today's crisis? Countries are bankrupting, not to speak about banks or some industries, millions of people getting fired from job. Does that look good? In the end it doesn't matter how it looks there, or anywhere.. nobody takes his material wealth with himself after death. Values you talk about are material, but other, spiritual values can't be seen with eye, and western world has a serious lack of them. Most people on west who lose their wealth, or even more common - don't even acquire it, turn to alcohol, their families get destroyed etc.. without money, life is over for them.
of course everyone needs money, but also need's balance in his life.
we are not created to make as much money as possible, because it doesn't count even a cent, on the day we die.
so what if life didn't changed in rural areas? I will post you some statistics:
Jordan — Life Expectancy: 71 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
Lebanon — Life Expectancy: 70 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
Syria — Life Expectancy: 67.63 male, 69.98 female (2001 est.)
Tunisia — Life Expectancy: male: 73.2 years female: 76.71 years (2005 est.)
Morocco — Life Expectancy: male: 68.35 years, female: 73.07 years (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia — Life Expectancy: 72
does that look third world? or do people need bling bling and fancy stuff to live long same as everywhere else in the west?