tommy1, I get the gist of what you are saying, but I am trying to determine if the subjects are to be separate as in politics, i.e. the ruling family has to step up to the plate and take responsibility for the current economic status and the way to recover (being from the US, I can say the Obama bailouts were a total bust); the government opening it's doors and allowing the truth as a reality and not as a manipulative tool to be openly reported; the members of the royal family exhibiting matureness by actually being qualified to hold the positions to which they are appointed (please correct if I am wrong as I know you know more about this than myself, but don't the Al Nahyans have a large percentage of university graduates and business/phd degrees); the free zone and the 51% of an emirati owned business as opposed to foreign business being allowed to operate independently within legal restrictions (Bush actually awarded the bid for Dubai to manage the Port of Los Angeles, CA, but that was knocked down by Congress); or for the continuation of don't ask, as we won't tell policy. I don't believe that these posts will be allowed in this thread, but can there be another one opened? It would be a refreshing change.