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Originally Posted by Iggy City
Because the people there are too busy trying to survive with what little they've got. Quality of life between Saudi Arabia and Israel...night and day.
As I said, it's more complicated than blaming one thing. Politics of the region is huge along with the power hungry people and groups ready to take full advantage of the situation.
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Originally Posted by Iggy City
Jordan is a good juxtaposition of the area.
An Islamic (Sunni) country that shares borders with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Syria, and Iraq.
- Hasn't witnessed any large scale attacks in over a decade and since this ISIS mess started.
- High quality of life according to the current indexes.
- Governed by a monarchy that seems more sane than some politicians we have on this side of the world.
- Literacy rate of 98.2% (Israel = 97.8% for comparison)
- They have also taken in over 100k Syrian refugees with I think 3 large scale camps built for them.
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So why can Jordan do what the others can't?
Also, you were making the excuse that people are 'too busy trying to survive' and then illustrate a country that is completely different. So it isn't some regional disadvantage, and they are all resource-rich, relative to many countries.
So why the low literacy rates, terrible human rights records, and extreme likelihood of conflict and terrorism in the other countries?