Source: MSNBC by Tarek El-Tablawy of Associated Press
“The Arab Spring hasn’t come cheap…Money “exacerbates the problem, because you’re creating an even wealthier society with higher expectations,” said Gala Riani, Mideast analyst with IHS Global Insight, referring to Saudi Arabia’s spending pledge. While it can work in the short term “the culture that it’s created is very difficult to sustain in the longer term.”
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