"Again your bitterness towards Qatar and the Gulf surfaces."

I am hardly bitter E46M3, I just don't believe that "being Positive" means either not discussing bitter issues or Bulldozing others Like you did in your post on Singapore guy saying "You are blowing up your own frustrations and generalizing it for everyone"...The problem I dont get bulldozed with accusations...

Attack the argument..you hardly know me..so you can't pre-judge my thinking..

I dig up statistics to provide a counter-point to the way things operate in the Gulf...If I had reservations about "booming stock market" a year ago in Dubai..my friends just laughed me off...Now the indices has crashed from 1400 to Less than 400 in 2 Months flat...

Regarding the manpower issue you really made me laugh...Just because there are people seen on the site hardly means quality manpower...Since there are many project Managers on this site they will confirm this..but It takes 12-14 months to complete a 30 Storey building in Dubai..and it takes (believe it or not) 24 to 30 Months to do it in Doha..I think even bystanders who are not in the industry complain about the speed of round abouts or so...

If you want me to sugar coat my arguments and pout feel good lullibies..and then focus on my self-interest..that would be dishonest...May be you have lived 10 years in Qatar..but I have seen many places in the Gulf..and know from Working experience that the one single thing missing in Qatar is people being honest about facts..and instead focusing on survival..Self-criticizm is the right way of correcting the wrongs and moving forward...

Issues like poor treatment of maids are little black dots which when removed...would make the rise of Qatar even more illuminating...