Thank you Genesis. Let's hope it works. The bank offers are being toned down, but they are still out of line, and the longterm problem is that the flow of credit has been so free for so long it has become perceived as an entitlement.

Mazin--the rich-poor gap amongst citizens is a real problem and the source of resentment. As a Qatari recently put it so elegantly to me, some feel the nation has sold its soul for a Land Cruiser. The webpage calling for the day of rage in Qatar that never materialized attempted to play heavily on this resentment in hopes of creating unrest. Thankfully it failed.