Who knows how much Isreal spends on defense? Who can guess how much other states in the Middle East spendson defense?

Who can imagine how far that money will go in eliminating the poverty, disease and deprivation in the region?

At a time when countries all over the world - Europe, the Americas, Asia, and even to some extent, Africa are coming together to from regional groupings to enhance thier political and economic potentials, the Middle East is the only region in the world where there are no such attempts to harmonize.

And yet, who can deny that the financial resources of Arab states, combined with the technology and skills, married to abundant human resources of all countries in the region has the potential to create one of the strongest regional groupings in the world?

And yet, these countries cannot even play a game of soccer.
What waste!

I hope that the younger generation in this region will look beyond the artificial enmity and look instead at the potentials of coming together.

Economic prosperity will obliterate the current levels of bittterness and relentless violence.

Prosperity will entrench mutuals security that no bullet, rocket or missile will deliver.

Are we all blind?