Why is there no middle class in the Middle East?
814553
Where in the world is it really not Haves VS Have nots! Some people get access to a few bones and think ah i am better than the wage-slave people think again!
51185
Because everyone else in the region HATES us.  They are our boys in the Middle East, so that we have a lever into regional policy.
1171583
Politically, it is more Middle Eastern than African, because of the many diplomatic liaisions it has with other Arabic nations and Israel.\n\nThe Middle East is iconically seen as Arab(ian) so that is why Egypt is often classed as Middle Eastern, as it is also part of the Arab world. However, it is probably the only Arab-African nation, classified as in the Middle East, because of geographic location.
271685
Because the idea that they attack us from the "hatred of freedom" is silly.\n\nAt the core, the current troubles in the mid-east are an internal muslim civil war. These countries are caught between their own culture, which has a rich history, and modernizing, which comes with the risk of "westernization." (Until the seventeenth century the Islamic kingdoms were more advanced than their European counterparts.)\n\nThe attacks against the west are, in general, attacks against the source of modernization in the mid-east, and against the US in particular, the source of money for various authoritarian governments.\n\nThat does not mean we shouldn't fight terrorists and protect ourselves. Of course we should. But to understand this "war" we need to deal with the root causes - and those are all in the mid-east.\n\n("War" in quotes, because, as horrific as acts of terror have been, the current situation is nothing compared to WWI or WWII, or to the possibility of species extinction that came with the Cold War.)\n\nAdded:\nAlthough this is a minority opinion, I think the ultimate source of Arab anger against Israel is part of the internal muslim civil war. Of course the Arabs have grievances (as do the Israelis), but external Arab governments have done nothing but enflame the situation for 50 years. There are many cases of tragic explusions of peoples (Greeks from Western Turkey after WWI, the India-Pakistan split, Germans from Prussia and Poland after WWII), but in these cases other countries have attempted to settle the newcomers and establish new communities. This, tragically, has never happened for the Palestianians.\n\nIn my opinion, the Palestians have been cruely used by external Arab governments as a way to distract their own people from internal problems due to corruption and poor government.
462115
I hate to say it, but pretty soon there will not be much to fight over in the Middle East. My husband is from Kuwait, and I am from the US. We feel right now the money is in the Middle East, because of the Oil. Because the world changes and someday the world will not be as oil dependent, then what will there will be not as much to fight over.\n\nAt that time we will be dependent on another area of the world, and the wars will start there.
115265
where exactly in mid east are u referring to? d weather has become more unpredictable due to global warming. i would suggest u check out Lebanon or Iran. u might want to check with the country's local weather report as well. it snowed in UAE recently. in fujairah, UAE!! never before! its amazing.
402187
It has everything in common... Middle East is a big oil field, oil is a trillion dollar business in the U.S.\nNot to mention the billiions the government is spending on new planes, tanks and everything else needed for war.\n\nIt's actually really sad that the economy right now is a war time ecomony... a war time economy should be booming... an excellent economy... and if you've been paying attention, you know that this is not an excellent economy
376026
One of the largest industries in the middle east is terrorism and Saudi Arabia is the number one exporter. The people of these countries are very poor and the regimes are afraid that the people might rise up and strike against them, so they use the West as a scapegoat for all their problems. If you had a child, and you taught the child from day one that all the problems he/she faces is because of the West, the child would know of nothing else and blame these countries for everything that is wrong in the world. This is also why it is so easy to recruit people to become homicide bombers. If these countries stopped teaching hate this second, it would take a generation or more for the hatred to dissipate.
320295
It's not forgotten in fact it's one of the riches countries....There is just a huge gap between the poor and the rich. The rich are extremely rich and the poor are extremely poor. They don't have a true middle class.
915771
Actually the middle class has the most people.\n\nJust look up everything on http://www.wikipedia.org\n\nTip: I would choose a different topic because your examples are all over the place and probably won't last 10 pages. Good luck!
960067
Why would you want to? Without Israel the Middle East would be more of a hellhole than it is now. Israel is the only country there with a free press, independent judiciary, and free, multi-party elections. It also produces more academic papers than any of its neigbours, who are undistinguished in every field except extracting oil (using Western technology) and protesting in the streets. One would have hoped that in the past fifty years its neighbours would have tried to learn a thing or two. 'Remove' Israel and there will be no more example of a successful state for all the loser countries in the region.
871790
It is an unstable nation with the Middle East wars going on, that is why. Later on I think it would be fine, but not right now.
1113825
Go to the middle east
65916
When you say middle east then you are referring to countries between Israel and Yemen.\n\nThe only troubled area here is Islrael, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran and Saudi Arabia.\n\nThese are areas that are under stress since long now.\n\nIt is strange when people ask this question, why do they hate US. In fact they will hate anyone who undermines their existance, and welcome anyone who will provide relief and wishes to settle the argument.\n\nWould'nt you be that way if this world was made a place not worth living for you?\n\nEverything that a human being cherishes in life was taken away from them -in fact these conflicts are now over 30 years old, just imagine the person who was say 4 years of age in 1971, today the same person is what around 40 years of age -all he/she has seen is destruction and war and harrassment and God knows what all. For people like these, this is the world as they know.\n\nA war or an act of terrorism consumes generations, not individuals.\n\nThere will never be a resolution to these, in fact it is not profitable anymore for those to have peace around us -if these are settled something new will come up.\n\nIf we are to make this world a better place then we should be ready to sacrifice and forgive. See through the polictical agendas and personal/corporate greeds.\n\nRemember the christmas song of mid-late 80's 'We are the world". I was a younger at that time and felt moved by the gesture myself.
62416
People in the middle east are loving to all nations and love all human kinds. The only problem they have is the governments, people hate governments not the people. And the hate of government is because of bad policies western governments have had towards the mid east
1027621
well i am not an arabian girl but my great-great-great grandma was. anyways i am a muslim and for me the only way to resolve it is through unity. the people of the middle east have to unite cos the more they fight each other the better chances for other nations to fire up the dispute. you know it is common sense. US and other nations who are at war there are making it worse only because the middle eastern people could not control themselves. if they really want to fight, it is the israelis and US armies that they have to worry about. it is their nation, i mean middle eastern people and middle eastern land. really it is up to them to solve it. and for the rest of the world it is definitely not worth it to go there and worsen the dispute. stay united and tolerate each other for your nation and for the next generation. i hope i will be able to see the end of this problem cos i feel sad to see innocence die and hatred prevail.
87543
From where I see it most of it has disappeared into one or the other of the two.  We have very little middle ground anymore.  While many people  may be making the trip upward an awlful lot of the middle class has disappeared into the poorer class and have never moved anywhere so they do not even realize that they have done it.  The gap between the Rich and Poor is getting larger and larger with each new day.  Too many people have felt like they are from a throw away economy the way different job's have just disappeared with nothing to replace them with.  We live in a two income economy and wihout two incomes most families are not making it unless they are from the upper half of the scale.  As for me I am retired and have not figured out where I fit in yet.