Whilst the original poster has not expressed himself particlarly well, I am reminded of this line from Wall Street:
"Make the most of it while it lasts kid, because it never does."
and I think it's a good way of summing up the Gulf experience.
The lifestyles that attracted us here and that some of us continue to enjoy are inherently unsustainable......whether it's due to a growing local population, the fluctuating price of oil or good 'ol Islamic fundamentalism.
In the same way that the Gulf has got 'worse' since 1989, it'll get 'worse' in the next 15 years as well.