08-11-2018, 04:49 PM
(08-11-2018, 10:46 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: > Islamic countries generally handle money badly. The Koran
> proscribes interest on loans. Although Muslim businessmen have
> always found ways to get some ways to achieve gain from any
> time-based contracts, those means are not clever enough for
> dealing with the costs of borrowing from non-Islamic bankers. If
> there is a big project and local capital is scarce (remember:
> Islamic countries as a rule handle money badly), then any mistakes
> or failed government policies can lead to financial disaster.
> I am not surprised that Trump and Erdogan have had a
> falling-out. Neither is trustworthy.
Trump is usually bitterly accused, by leftists like yourself, of
actually keeping his campaign promises, especially for policies they
don't like - cutting taxes, cutting regulations, lower unemployment
rate for blacks, border wall, ending Obamacare, and so forth, so you
can't have it both ways, accusing him of keeping his promises when you
don't like his promises, and then out of the blue calling him
untrustworthy.
Besides that, your entire assumption is wrong. Two untrustworthy
people often get along very well. This is similar to the concept of
"honor among thieves." Putin and Xi get along well because each one
knows the other is lying, but feels comfortable with it because
they're both liars. In the case of Trump and Erdogan, however, the
issue is that Trump is trustworthy and Erdogan is not. That's why
Trump is now insisting that everything Erdogan wants should now be put
into writing. It's when one person is trustworthy and the other is a
liar that two people have a falling out.
