Saudi Arabia
By Rostow
@Rostow (59)
March 11, 2011 5:38am CST
What do you think will happen in Saudi Arabia?
Personally I believe there may well be a struggle of some sort, however apparently it is only 10% of the population that feel repressed. Whilst that is obviously enough to cause a fair amount of strife it pales into relative insignificance surely compared to what seemed like the near universal uprising and disapproval seen in the successful revolts of Egypt and Tunisia.
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
11 Mar 11
I truly hope that your introspect and predictions, hold true...BUT I am hugely fearful that the stats we are being exposed to are carefully controlled...and that this is/will be tatamount to a very serious Civil War, with a huge rippling effect around the World. We are so, NOT privy to the absolute truth...as you see newsmakers being manipulated and controlled, especially in this particular up-rising. I think there is more to it....the rebels, I give more creedence, because I don't think they would be revolting so seriously if the mathematics were so fiercely NOT in their favour! Take care.
@Rostow (59)
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11 Mar 11
It is very possible that 10% of the population may be willing to take on the rest of the country as the Sunnis did after the disposition of saddam Hussein in Iraq which bought that country to its knees and into bloody civil war.
Of great importance is also the apparent fact that the repressed Shia minority live around the oil ports so that will give them huge leverage over the Saudi government.
@skysuccess (8857)
• Singapore
11 Mar 11
Rostow,
I hate to anticipate here but I just hope that whatever is being reported is not repressed fabrication of the truth which will bring about more undesirable consequences.
Whatever it may be I just hope that the Western half of the hemisphere will not intervene insensitively with bigotries on human rights and pro democracy. There's a raving fire already and I believe that we need to quell it than fuel it.
So, let the Saudis handle their own affairs and most of all their politics.
