And this is leaving out all the massive mineral wealth yet unexploited in Russia. The entry of Russia into the world economy on a massive scale could trigger one hell of a demand boom.
Funny how history and historical projection never take into account folly. That nations will from time to time do ridiculously stupid things. Saudi Arabia funding terrorism against both the US and Russia at the same time cannot be exceeded in terms of the purest folly.
I see a day, maybe ten years from now, when the Saudis are once again eating camel dung and the Twin Towers rise high and proud.
There you go again, looking at things through the prism of infidel logic? Any Saudimite can tell you that Allah only loves Muslims, who are following the One True Religion, and He is gonna come down from the sky and personally defeat the West for the sake of Islam...any day now.