Failure is Potential

  When I think about the Middle East I usually think about 3 things: Wars, Oil and Water. Not by coincidence do these 3 collide - especially with current news. Based on reviewing recent published reports, including one by the Gulf Research Center (2012), the contribution of seawater desalination in producing potable water for the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf includes: Saudi Arabia, with 30 major plants, gets more than 70 percent of its potable water from desalination The United Arab Emirates (UAE), with 70 major desalination plants, gets more than 90 percent of its potable water from desalination Kuwait, with 6 major desalination plants, gets more than 95 percent of its potable water from desalination Qatar, with 3 major desalination plants, gets more than 90 percent of its potable water from desalination Even if GCC countries want the USA to take action against Iran, recent events with sea vessels show us that Iran would be capable of hitting these ...

"Once the Mullahs are gone it will take 3 generations" - Unknown History I doubt I need to comment on the fact that Iran has a history older than all its neighbors, probably even combined. I won't get into Cyrus, Darius and other leaders of the past. I won't even get into religion. I wanted to take a comparable look and see what the future might behold. If we were to take an example the only one that may be comparable is/was Eastern Germany, the DDR, controlled by the USSR from 1961-1989. Why is this the best comparison? It was closed a system, where many tried to leave, with a highly bureaucratic overhead, controlling media, concentrating on defense among many of its faults.  More importantly though,before all this, it was a efficient, vibrant economy with a large pool of skilled labor. It's factories were competitive, the R&D and universities were among the best in the world. They were run down and didn't get the i...