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2004-10-24 Arabia

Experts to map blueprint for 'Arab world in 2020'

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Posted by Steve White 2004-10-24 12:40:44 AM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Arab World in 2020: same as in 1010, only with, like, trillions of petro-bucks?

Posted by .com 2004-10-24 1:13:08 AM|| 2004-10-24 1:13:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Experts to map blueprint for âArab world in 2020â

That little description inset in the corner mentions only two specifications:

"Compliance with international law"

or,

"Glow-in-the-dark street lighting"

Posted by Zenster 2004-10-24 2:53:33 AM|| 2004-10-24 2:53:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Does the map look like many craters or just one big one?

I can never see how the Egyptians could identify with Islam after so much of their own history under Pharonic rule. Someone explain how "Egyptians" are Arab?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-24 3:04:52 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-24 3:04:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Through the fine art of conquest,SP.

Posted by raptor 2004-10-24 7:07:49 AM|| 2004-10-24 7:07:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Islam is in some ways the most successful Empire the Earth has ever seen and its goal is a world wide Empire. One would that crush the soul and spirit of mankind. For the Arab World of 2020 simply look at the Arab World of 1010 except they will be armed with nuclear weapons instead of scimitars

Posted by Cheaderhead 2004-10-24 8:25:03 AM|| 2004-10-24 8:25:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't see them in charge of their oil reserves by 2020. All your oil are belong to us

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-24 9:00:15 AM|| 2004-10-24 9:00:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I once asked if Libiyans were Arabs, one our local parasites assured me that anyone who speaks Arabic is Arab.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-24 10:08:19 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:08:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 hmmm like .com? Ima suspicious

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-24 10:14:23 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:14:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm betting that, by 2020, they're going to meet with the Rev Maltus.

Posted by Anonymous6092 2004-10-24 10:31:16 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:31:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 ummmmm... No Frank. LOL.It was an eastern Med parasite, one that I have voided.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-24 10:36:56 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:36:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 The Arab world in 2020. Well I think we'll see the authoritarians turn on each other. They can't fight the west and win, but when Saddam invades Kuwait, or Assad invades Lebanon they are cheared on by the Arab world. Remember that most Arabs Arabs think of themselves as living in a single Arab world that was chopped apart by the infidels who imposed illegitamate governments on them to keep them apart. An Arab leader that uses that as part of his propoganda could go far.

I bet overpopulated Egypt looks over at Libya's oil revenues from time to time with an envious eye. Their fancy American tanks probably couldn't defeat Israel or a western Army but they've might be able to take out Libya. The Arab world would cheer an Egyptian conquest of Libya. Does Tunisia have oil? They could be gobbled up pretty easily as well.

The entire world would cheer an Egyptian conquest of Sudan to stop the violence without those icky western nations getting involved. Chad wouldn't be much harder either, now that the French are in appeasement mode the Foreign Legion can be kept at bay politically. I'm talking one at a time of course, but you get the message.

The only catch is that Egypt has to avoid scaring Israel and Algeria in the process and to project a quasi-independence of your new puppets so that you maintain the large number of UN votes and votes in the Arab League.

If Iraq falls into authoritarianism again I would think underpopulated Saudi Arabia and Kuwait would be at serious risk. If the US allows Iraq to fall back into dictatorship we are unlikely to care much about the region any longer (and hopefully found an alternate source of energy by then).

Posted by RJ Schwarz 2004-10-24 10:42:14 AM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-10-24 10:42:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Dreaming up alternative futures is fun. How about the Hashemite king Abdullah ruling over the Sunni part of Iraq, Mecca and Medina, and most of Syria? The Saudis go back to being desert nomads.

Posted by V is for Victory 2004-10-24 12:51:54 PM|| 2004-10-24 12:51:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I'm in the US at the moment, Washington DC as a matter of fact. I've just spent a good few hours wandering around, seeing the sights (the White House and Lincoln Memorial) - hoorah!, the IRS - hiss, and the Air and Space museum - awesome!.

I find myself wondering how a bunch of illiterate psycopaths managed to get such leverage over such a country, and can only hope that if Bush gets in for a second term, he can start to extricate America from those parasites in the Middle East.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2004-10-24 4:15:56 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:15:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Tony (UK), how long will you be in town? Please email me immediately. seafarious@yahoo.com.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-10-24 4:31:20 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:31:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Osama Bin Laden and 9/11 are the worst nightmare the Islamists could imagine. Moving smoothly to infiltrate and eliminate the myriad corrupt "secular" governments, the Arab World (though cowardly as always) is now alert to the danger in its midst. The denouement of the Arab World as we know it would result from a treacherous terror attack on a Western site, or on Israel. The counter-attack will return the Muslim World to its 13th century hole from which it would not emerge for centuries.

Posted by Tancred 2004-10-24 4:38:38 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:38:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 The counter-attack will return the Muslim World to its 13th century hole

A counter attack will not be necessary to achieve this, only a lower priced source of energy than oil.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-24 4:44:04 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:44:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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