Islam
Islam is the number one problem in the Middle East.
Aside from the metaphors, I’m amazed at what the Jewish people of Israel have done with the land. While others were running things, it was a rocky desert. The Jewish people transformed it into a blossoming garden. They removed the rocks and infertile soil, fertilized it and planted many trees, farms and gardens. They invented new methods of creating clean water because of a lack of water supplies, and now are self-sufficient with water to the point of being able to export it. Meanwhile, the Arabs need to import foreign workers and western tech in order to get anything done, and cannot create anything on their own.
The fertilizer:
“Israel was obligated a total of $3.1B from the United States government in 2012, a decrease of less than one percent from last year’s aid ($3.1B).
The aid Israel was obligated is one of the highest amounts for all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (avg. $64.4M) and significantly higher than average for all countries in the world (avg. $25.9M).”
http://us-foreign-aid.insidegov.com/l/84/Israel
Islam is the Middle East’s Foremost Problem.
From what I’ve seen and noticed, most muslim countries have a very tribal society. And with a lot of tribal societies, breeding outside the tribe can lead to feuds that last hundreds of years or get your throat cut in a so called “honor” killing. So kissing cousins is rampant throughout the muslim world, with only the loose bindings of islam and totalitarian leadership keeping the savages from killing each other outright. Generational inbreeding will not lead to the sharpest knives in the drawer. Just my 2 cents.