The Arabs got lucky they sat on top of oil formations.
The Arabs are lazy people, the Pyramids in Egypt were built by Jewish slaves being whipped by Egyptian soldiers.
The oil money has been squandered, not spent for the future. OPEC ripped us off and we let them because they bought off our corrupt politicians.
Bush let to Bin Laden family slink away from the USA just after 911 attacks. The Bush family let them go.
The Bushes are Saudi agents.
C.B.Demill made a great (and both historically an biblically incarcerate ) movie.
Many of the great works in Egypt are or were in many way the WPA of the ancient world. The Nile defines Egypt and it provided a cyclical farming economy and as we know when people are not doing anything they often foment to revolt. The system of ancient mega structures provided both work to produce income and work to keep idle hands busy.