Re: 1,000 lashes for Saudi man for talking about sex
I wonder how the Saudis deal with / talk about Arabian Nights?
Reason - of all the countries in the world, KSA should be the last one to worry about economy/funds for the foreseeable future. Every living and just born is per capita richer there than most other parts of the world by sheer oil. yeah oil will depete at somepoint but not before Social Security become bankrupt in the US. Saudi royals may be hypocrites and tyrants but they are not fools. Where do you thing Saudi wealth is invested in?
It is heights of irony but in a way KSA is the least islamic of the current bunch of so called islamic countries -
- they are wealthier than almost all others
- they rarely suffer have terrorist attacks (yet osama is from there!)
- they are closest to the USA - even closer in respects than Israel (whether Bush or Obama!)
- they're teh seat of Mecca yet they get along better with the non-islamic West and the East better than almost anyone else
- they are Wahabi yet war on terror doesn't affect them at all