ARABS: with all due respect-- why do you think your countries are poor and weak?

Question

...and always controlled by powerful richer countries? where do you think you all went wrong?

PS- IF YOU ARE NOT AN ARAB DO NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION BECAUSE YOU WONT GIVE ME THE ANSWER IM LOOKING FOR

Answer 1

Our countries are weak because we lack unity. We used to rule the world not too long ago. That is because we were unified. Unfortunately after the fall of the Ottoman empire (which had became corrupt and Godless) there was much squabbling over power. And that was when others came along and took advantage of our disunity.

As for being poor, not all Arab states are poor, there are poor Arab states (Such as Algeria), and filthy rich Arab states (such as Qatar). Empires rise and fall, soon God willing, the west will be weak and scattered. And we will defeat you and rule over you. Its simply how this world works.

Lets thing of it as a mathematical equation.

X conquers Y, X becomes lazy and soft and lives off the resources of Y, Y works hard and becomes tough, Y conquers X. And the cycle continues.

Answer 2

why would only one race have these answers?

I'm not Arab, but from what i know of history, it is due to the over exploitation by Europe since Colonial times. It is also due to the fact that Europeans found a way to circumvent their primary source of income, which was trade between The far east and Europe. The Arabs had the geographic location, and increased prices as good travelled across the continent.

then when Europeans found a sea route to Asia, they took that route instead, as it was far cheaper.  Thus the Arabs had no more income. They have not recovered since. and as for all the oil, it was grabbed up by colonial powers as fast as possible. and when the colonial powers left, they handed it to greedy oil sheiks.

So relatively no public income for a good 400 years can do that to a region.

Answer 3

You can't really say no one else can answer. You may not be looking for the correct answer, but it doesn't mean it's wrong.

The Arabs who know whats wrong have left their countries for better opportunities.

It's not where the citizens went wrong it's the government.

A powerful rich government is going to keep the power by keeping their citizens repressed, uneducated and essentially cut off from the rest of the world. So they Will not question what their government does.

The citizens ( the people you are asking this too) have no power over what their government does.

This is the advantage of democracy. The people DO have the power to stop their government. But third world dictatorship countries do not have that advantage.

So sorry but you just proved why the rest of the world thinks us americans are spoiled and ignorant.

Some people just don't bother to truly look at the advantages of a free country.

Answer 4

"poor and weak", quite the opposite really. Many Arab countries are well developed, and up to date militarily. However we are "poor and weak" in different sense. We have allowed America to control us, we have relyed on foreign products, we have neglected our religion, we have trusted the wrong people, we do not value education as much as before, we have allowed the wrong people to govern us, people who think that they are exempt from practicing their religion, May God Forgive them.

"where do you think you all went wrong?", Ultimately we went wrong when we abandoned our religion. The weapon of Faith is more powerful then any manmade concept can comprehend. May God restore our loss.

Answer 5

Sorry but you cannot choose who you wish to answer your question.  Can't believe how far off the mark you - Arab countries are amongt the richest in the world and are certainly not underdeveloped or with poor military.  I think your "facts" come out of your imagination.