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MisterP

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2. oil wealth is quite toxic--see Iraq, Venezuela, Mexico, etc.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 02:08 PM

Jul 2015

politicking is replaced with wild development, officials carving out private spheres of power, and gangland fights to control the literally unimaginable billions flowing around

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While Saudi Arabia Goes to War Abroad, It�s Simmering at Home [View all] unhappycamper Jul 2015 OP

Have you noticed that the big war in Yemen has gone silent? Renew Deal Jul 2015 #1

oil wealth is quite toxic--see Iraq, Venezuela, Mexico, etc. MisterP Jul 2015 #2