Quote Originally Posted by rob murray View Post
Your well clued up on middle east geo politics....tribal hatred etc. Iran...a "Black Swan"......can cause economic havoc ie US sanctions are in process of being lifted, which means Iran can flood the market with more oil....lowers prices even more.....this hits the Saudis who are living off oil reserve money / stash whilst the oil price is low, but that cannot go on indefinitly, apparently the Koran refers to the black sand that enriches the middle east will eventually destroy it....or something along that lines. Have you heard of this ??
One aspect that I've always remembered is this.
In Islam you are always protected as a guest whilst staying under their roof and will be well cared for fed and watered as the prophet " peace be upon him" would have done.

But the second you step out of that place in the morning all deals are off.

My own experiences are they don't lie and speak honestly but what they may mean with deep heartfelt desire one second isn't the same as the next second.
Things change rapidly so do their views.

It doesn't mean they've lied they meant it when they said it, then they changed their mind.