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Originally posted by fintstone
But what about continued terrorist attacks? Most foreign investors coming to make money in Iraq shrug their shoulders. "Doing business in any Arab country is always risky," says a Turkish investor who has set up a trucking company and a taxi service. "In some Arab countries, you risk nationalization or straight confiscation by the ruler. In other Arab countries, you must give a cut to one of the emirs. Here, you face possible terrorist attacks. But such attacks are transitory."
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This is the one issue I see with what's going right in Iraq. My tire man is a Christian from Kuwait, and he has nothing but horror stories about his father's business dealings with Muslims. He (my tire man) even had an idea to go back to Kuwait and scavenge for old Porsches. Problem is, being non-Muslim, he'd immediately be assigned a Muslim business partner, who in turn could within the law, take over his business, and force him out.
I'm not going to poo-poo the good that's come of this war. It is, in fact, refreshing to hear good news. All is not lost. But do we really want Iraq to be taken over by Muslims on an economic front? In a way, it sounds like a step backward.