Nobody expected that the Islamic world would come under a Saudi influence

It didn't seemed that way back then

The ME is one of the most geopolitically significant areas on the planet

There ALWAYS is conflict there

The Saudis won the war (again, with some British help) and established Wahhbism

unless there is a strong Empire keeping it all in check

because it's VALUABLE

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I just wanted to use the letters

@Tonight at 11 - DOOM the specific area were Israel lies? Yeah probably, the Arabian paninsula? Heck no, it was a central African level of shithole

oh yeah

Arabia is a backwater

Was

I mean geopolitically

And then... Oil!

the only thing it has is oil

and that is recent

and finite

in terms of geography, it's isolated and not a crossroads, so a shithole

Well, that's why some of them tried to diversify, I think the UAE was the one to do this successfuly

israel isnt that important

beyond its theological significance across world religions

Why doesnt english have a word for "the day before yesterday"?

turkey is the valuable part

@Tonight at 11 - DOOM depends, Aden was a really important point in the oceanic silk road.

suez is valuable

Turkey is very valuable

not really anywhere else

but Syria is big too

ept maybe the persian gulf

English has defenestration

Israel is like a fortress in the middle of the region

But not the day before yesterday

As a word

also guards acess to Egypt

What is this

what languages have words for the day before yesterday

portuguese?

Mine

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