its very interesting yes..and the second point you made, then leads one to other thoughts; qatar has ambition and money..perfectly reasonable..however, a lot of powerful people internationally need to agree to let that happen, need to see enough in it for themselves to let qatar fly, need to re-align their policies to make room for qatar..locally, the rulers need to convince a very conservative populace of the wisdom of being so visible..all of which then leads to the thought of qatar's ambition being potentially also used by others to vicariously meet their own vested interests and schemes..it all seems very deep and complex..far beyond the grasp of my limited understanding anyway:-)