In practice, they are bolstering the sheiks and sultans, and a federation of this kind will never work.
At present, this money comes from overseas —in fact, from the oil sheiks—but this position cannot continue indefinitely.
But who paid first to square the sheiks of that region?
It is said that once two sheiks were crossing the desert on two camels.
Must almost all of it go into the pockets of sheiks and princelings and others?
A great deal of money is deposited by the sheiks and that money can be withdrawn just as easily as it has been placed.
The only people left to sign the agreement were a small group of sheiks, rulers and sultans who were accountable to no one.
The only people who signed it with him were about four sheiks and sultans who had no visible means of support and who represented nobody.
