From: "Geo" 

"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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> II think you grossly overestimate the draw of democracy in the Middle
East.
> They know about it and for the most part they're at least ambivalent.
What
> is the point of democracy when the law cannot be changed?

Money trumps religion as a form of control over a population. This is the
current battle in Saudi Arabia. Granted there are some very religious
people there but money flow like a flood washes away all that. Just look at
any "rich" country.

Geo.

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