For the Arab peoples to get out of the bind they're in, something spectacular has to happen. Something has to happen that is big enough to allow for the reconfiguration of the entire social structure.
Turning off the oil tap is such an event. Turning off the oil tap might give the Arab world a unique opportunity to start all over, to get out from under its own stultifying history and to free itself to breathe new life into its particular civilization.
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