MD11, your comment about jews being warned not to go to work on 9/11 are nothing but rumours This is has been investigated with no conclusions. All I know is a friend of mine who was a big shot at Goldman Sachs (a jew) happened to be at work that day.
Diesel, you are very well informed and I share alot of your views. I DO live in the ME, Bahrain and my wife and I are leaving in July for good. In my opinion this is no longer a safe place to live, this is not the only reason we are leaving but a big part of it. It is only a matter of time before attacks like these spread to other countries in the region.
So much talk about Isreal and Palestine. I don't think this problem will ever get solved but here is some food for thought.
The UN gives Isreal a territory, the arab states are not happy (rightfully so) and decide.. hey we will take them by force. This plan doesn't work and they end up losing more ground to the Jews. Then they turn to the UN and cry foul. Would they have cried foul to the UN if they would have beaten Isreal? Of course not.... a total double standard. Your plan backfired guys, they did to you exactly what you were trying to do to them!
Alot of talk about Saudi aswell, this has nothing to do with the US. Countries in the ME cannot survive without the expats. Sad but true. Saudi is not different. The militants target expats mostly to try and destabilize the country. If Saudi stops pumping oil out of the ground it's game over for them. In Saudi, 95% of the money goes to 5% of the population. The people are tired of this and it's only a matter of time before the royal family is taken down. The recent attacks by the militants is just the start of this whole process.
Coming out to work here was a great experience and I pocketed a bucket full of cash. But they say, when you come to the ME, you come with 2 buckets.. one for money one for Bullsh**. Once one is full, you leave.. well both are full right now and we're leaving.