the Saudis might be trying to put their youth to work too...it probably didn’t get much coverage in the US, but they passed some kind of a law saying employers must hire a certain percentage of local workers.
Right now, most Saudis work in cushy state jobs or get unemployment, so lots of boys who can’t get the cushy jobs because they are too stupid or not highly educated end up a suicide terrorists.
So it sounds like they are figuring to get the boys to work getting their hands dirty, not sitting around praying/getting religious.
At the same time, most private employers hire outsiders to do all the work (Mostly Pakistanis, Indians, Indonesians, Egyptians, and Filipinos). So now the private employers will have to hire locals (and they aren’t happy about it).
The Philippines is a bit worried, because we have a lot of drivers and oil workers there who might be displaced by these deadbeats...
Thanks LadyDoc.