Being born and raised in the US I can tell you that Qatar is coming out of the dark ages slowly. There are good and bad in all countries. To say the US is all good or bad is a stupid statement. But we have evolved into a great nation that still has problems. What was the saying, all civilizations fall? The US has fallen many times and reinvented itself, better each time. I see Qatar trying to emerge and having growing pains just like we did with the imported workers. We imported workers from Africa, here they import workers from India, Indonesia, and the Phillipeans. Not really a whole lot of difference as they are paid meager salries, and poor accomodations.