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1. Muslim Fundamentalist will gain more power.
2. Arabs will use Oil to gain more power and influence.
3. Arabs and Muslims will learn to compete harder and regain their pride.
And only outcome three enhances your theory?

What exactly do you mean by 'compete harder?'
And regain pride?

Because I've been seeing the other two happening for a long time. OPEC. The Ayatollahs. The Taliban. Muslim Fundamentalists have been gaining more control of the oil for a while. For that matter, during Desert Storm, Saudis desired our military help to protect them and free Kuwait, but made many demands on our military with respect to their religous beliefs. No Playboys or Maxims or Cosmopolitans mailed to them, women under cover as much as possible. And, because of the amount of oil they controlled, our govt. fell over themselves to cooperate. Among other things, it tends to seem that Muslims have no problem with pride, either.