Lookit What Our Oil Money Bought For The Saudi's

[MA-Caver]

It's reel purty an all but can't help but wonder how many mouths it would've fed instead of blowing all that money on a fancy fountain.
Burj Dubai Fountain 'Time to Say Goodbye'


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[CoryKS]

So? They offered a product and we paid them for it. What they do with the money is their own business. Well, to an extent - I'd rather the money went toward building fountains than bankrolling jihadi *******s.

 

[Rich Parsons]

While it may be wasteful, I thought Dubai was in the United Arab Emerites which is not that Saud Family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud

While the House of Saud are not innocent of politics and other acts that may not have been in the best interest of the USA (* see next link *)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/165282/little_known_facts_about_the_alsaud.html


They have made some nice improvements in Fresh Water processing from Salt Water.

http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com/D...fresh produce from seawater - Riyadh 2006.pdf

http://www.desline.com/articoli/9104.pdf