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Txjake · #1 03-10-2011, 11:07 AM

Too little too late it would seem.......

A senior Saudi prince questioned the need for a ban on women driving on Wednesday and said lifting it would be a quick first step to reduce the Islamic kingdom's dependence on millions of foreign workers.

The Gulf Arab state is a monarchy ruled by the al-Saud family in alliance with clerics from the strict Wahhabi school of Islam. Women must be covered from head to toe in public and are not allowed to drive.

But the ruling family has been facing calls from activists and liberals, empowered by protests across North Africa and the Middle East, to allow some political reforms in the absolute monarchy that has no parliament.

http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE72820I20110309?sp=true

crs82 · #2 03-10-2011, 06:22 PM

Why is women driving on Wednesday such a big deal?

No outcry about Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday?

Emmerich · #3 03-10-2011, 10:59 PM

Imagine a nation of women with brand new drivers licenses. The carnage.

barry123400 · #4 03-11-2011, 01:16 AM

Well the oil royalties flow to the saudi royal family and are not fairly distributed across the general population. If and when the general population get really fed up with the arrangement currently existing in the financial return on their natural resources as well. All h... is going to break loose.

The saudi royal family will allow many new concessions as the handwritting is on the wall to buy time. Not only have they retained a large portion of the royalties the country is deeply in debt. Their paying out 37 billion dollars to the general population only a couple of weeks ago is ominous in itself.

The question begs will the population break up the sweetheart deals that have gone on between the royal family and the oil companies? They will and it is only a matter of time until we wil have to give the nation some semblance of the barrel cost of oil instead of the oil companies and royal family sucking it up.

The royal households greed will probably eventually lead to the saudi population nationalising their oil assets. One cannot blame them.

The twin towers epsiode was an example at the frustation felt as it was an all saudi expatriate deal I think. The attempt to blame it on religious differences or terrorisim was a smokescreen to some extent. Too many participants in the event were far too well educated to swallow any of those theories as I see it..

tonkovich · #5 03-11-2011, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by barry123400

Well the oil royalties flow to the saudi royal family and are not fairly distributed across the general population. If and when the general population get really fed up with the arrangement currently existing in the financial return on their natural resources as well. All h... is going to break loose.

The saudi royal family will allow many new concessions as the handwritting is on the wall to buy time. Not only have they retained a large portion of the royalties the country is deeply in debt. Their paying out 37 billion dollars to the general population only a couple of weeks ago is ominous in itself.

The question begs will the population break up the sweetheart deals that have gone on between the royal family and the oil companies? They will and it is only a matter of time until we wil have to give the nation some semblance of the barrel cost of oil instead of the oil companies and royal family sucking it up.

The royal households greed will probably eventually lead to the saudi population nationalising their oil assets. One cannot blame them.

The twin towers epsiode was an example at the frustation felt as it was an all saudi expatriate deal I think. The attempt to blame it on religious differences or terrorisim was a smokescreen to some extent. Too many participants in the event were far too well educated to swallow any of those theories as I see it..

well said.

chilcutt · #6 03-11-2011, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barry123400

Well the oil royalties flow to the saudi royal family and are not fairly distributed across the general population. If and when the general population get really fed up with the arrangement currently existing in the financial return on their natural resources as well. All h... is going to break loose.

The saudi royal family will allow many new concessions as the handwritting is on the wall to buy time. Not only have they retained a large portion of the royalties the country is deeply in debt. Their paying out 37 billion dollars to the general population only a couple of weeks ago is ominous in itself.

The question begs will the population break up the sweetheart deals that have gone on between the royal family and the oil companies? They will and it is only a matter of time until we wil have to give the nation some semblance of the barrel cost of oil instead of the oil companies and royal family sucking it up.

The royal households greed will probably eventually lead to the saudi population nationalising their oil assets. One cannot blame them.

The twin towers epsiode was an example at the frustation felt as it was an all saudi expatriate deal I think. The attempt to blame it on religious differences or terrorisim was a smokescreen to some extent. Too many participants in the event were far too well educated to swallow any of those theories as I see it..

Nicely put. The twin towers tragedy had absolutely nothing to do with religion. And religion is not the root cause for terrorism.

Hatterasguy · #7 03-11-2011, 10:36 AM

Well they are to important for the global economy, if they start having issues and the oil supply is in danger the UN will move troops in. No one can afford oil going that nuts.