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So is Saudi Arabia going to (also) become a terrorist factory once they have to cut all the massive handouts they do and implement heavy austerity? I mean the
by ck2 11y ago
So is Saudi Arabia going to (also) become a terrorist factory once they have to cut all the massive handouts they do and implement heavy austerity?
I mean the amount of income in the middle-east is going to severely drop over the next few years - the wealthy won't be affected, just annoyed but the people who have to work for a living are going to be out of jobs, starving and homeless and extreme belief systems often jump in to fill that void.
- liveoneggs 11y ago"become"?
- ck2 11y agoWell it's been pretty quiet from there since 9/11 I mean the USA made more than 15 domestic terrorists since 9/11 I'm just wondering what happens when the comfortable over there have to give up their luxuries - do they take it in stride or does their belief system go to extremes to compensate?
- Apocryphon 11y agoIt's quiet, mostly, in North America. If you're in the Levant, on the other hand
- EliRivers 11y agoWell it's been pretty quiet from there since 9/11 It's not on CNN [1] so you just don't hear about it. [1] etc.
- celticninja 11y agopossibly, however with US support they get to brush a lot of opposition under the carpet (into secret prisons) without fear of international outrage. Of course plenty of Arab Spring ousted dictators were friends of the West however non have been an ally as long as Saudi has so they may have a bit more leeway before they are called out on it. It may even take until their oil (and therefore usefulness as an ally) runs out.