They achieved that level of civilization through hard work, blood sweat and toil (Churchill?) but it took a strong belief in G-d (not Allah), the vision for a better humanity and an ability to develop civil tolerance and an acceptance of others.
The Arab-Muslim world is still living in the Dark Ages (and it pains them because they know it) and are not showing any signs of REAL development.
I am not talking about the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain or Saudi Arabia Petro-wealth and skyscrapers and ski resorts in the middle of the desert. These are superficial but what about the content of their perspectives on the world?
I am talking about their maturity as a people. Their ability to tolerate others like Jews and Christians. They simply are not there yet and now they are in the middle of an epic religious struggle between Sunni and Shiite.
So, not only are they NOT developing (despite the wealth) they are GOING BACKWARDS! They are setting themselves up for failure.
Most of their countries are FAILED-NATION STATES and it puzzles me (not really) why they want to establish a 23rd state called “Palestine” in the middle of the ADVANCED Jews of Israel.
So the world wants to create another FAILED ARAB NATION STATE called “Palestine”, eh? What pathetic joke as we all know how it is going to end up, like the rest of the savage Arab world as we are seeing in the streets of Cairo with hundreds of women being raped.
Give me a break! Even the Palestinians are divided in that they have the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and HAMAS in Gaza. They can't even friggin’ decide who represents themselves so who is Israel supposed to negotiate with, if at all? Wake the f**k up Western world! Look at Egypt! 90 million people, total chaos...