This year’s Arab Summit was particularly painful to watch. The pompous grandiosity of the congregated Arab leaders was nothing short of nauseating. What do they have to show for it? Collectively, these leaders are at the helm of nearly 400 million Arabs. What are their KPIs? The World Bank estimates a collective GDP of $2.56 trillion for the Arab League states. Assuming one third of that is revenue derived from resource extraction and not human productivity, we are left with a collective GDP for 22 states on par with the GDP of Italy’s 60 million people. Sixty million Italians as productive as 400 million Arabs!? Our leaders must go. If these numbers don’t prove the case against Arab leaders, their own words certainly indict them. Speech after speech, each head of delegation took his turn addressing Arab causes and concerns, their cause célèbres. However, not once did I hear a mere
