Great blurb in the Chicago Sun-Times.

[Joeiss]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

When the history of the world is written, The Middle East will be recorded as a massive failure. Unlimited resources with NOTHING to show for it but waste and ruthlessness.

As of now... The Middle East has so much potential, it's a shame that they don't realize it.

[Bond]

If the Middle East had no oil they would be Africa. They aren't so bad...

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Bond

If the Middle East had no oil they would be Africa. They aren't so bad...

Well except for Somalia, Rwanda, Liberia and South Africa. Also AIDS and Hepatitis A have reached epidemic proportions in many African nations due to refusal to use condoms and the practice of many tribes of rubbing animal feces on the umbilical chord after birth.