The middle east folks have been knocking each other off since there has BEEN an ARAB middle east. Islam has nothing to do with it. The Bedu are just like that; always were; always will be. It has NOTHING to do with petroleum or money.
I think it comes from living in SUCH a hot, nasty, insect-infested, malaria-ridden climate for all of their existence.
I know because my husband and I lived in the KSA for five years. What a pit hole...albeit a RICH pit hole. Money won't make that pit hole any nicer to live in.
Islam has much to do with it. When your religion gives you holy guidance to kill people with blessings - you kill people.
I think it comes from living in SUCH a hot, nasty, insect-infested, malaria-ridden climate for all of their existence.
ALL of Floridia was once described this way. Update New York was described by the British as wildnerness hell-hole. Why did these places get better?
I know because my husband and I lived in the KSA for five years. What a pit hole...albeit a RICH pit hole. Money won't make that pit hole any nicer to live in.
But hard work and the right culture will...
Genesis 16:11-12 King James Version (KJV)
11 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen+16%3A11-12&version=KJV