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Old 09-23-2014, 09:34   #1
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The Barbarians Within Our Gates

Arab civilization, such as we knew it, is all but gone.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...#ixzz3E9Zgb7XV


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Old 09-23-2014, 10:16   #2
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Hmmm, one day maybe us???

Seems to be the trend, Rome, Greece, Arab world....
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Old 09-23-2014, 10:53   #3
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Hmmm, one day maybe us???

Seems to be the trend, Rome, Greece, Arab world....
Not the same kind of analogy really.
It seems the Arabs self destruct every few centuries or so....if they move forward a step Islamism pulls them back 3.
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Old 09-25-2014, 18:47   #4
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The ME is running out of groundwater and oil. Then what?
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