Dubious About Dubai
Posted on | August 5, 2008 |
I saw a 60 Minutes piece on Dubai last night. Like everyone else, I’ve heard LOTS about this emirate and was curious to learn more about it.
Perhaps it’s the way 60 Minutes portrayed it (and its prime minister), but Dubai struck me as a big version of Las Vegas: an “add water” oasis in the desert filled with people that have copious amounts of money, built on the backs of a less-fortunate class.
It also doesn’t seem like a really sound ecological idea to be dredging the ocean floor to reconstitute sand for extending coastline. But, hey, I’m no structural engineer or ecologist. I’m sure they know what they’re doing.
But, the prime minister did say they advised the U.S. against the Iraq War.
“Mr. Burns…I think we can trust the president of Cuba.”
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