Although the written form of the words "Arabs" and "West" does not suggest a significant difference—the distinction appearing to lie only in the dot above the letter "g"—this dot represents something akin to a temporal gap between us, We, the Arabs, and the West—there are hundreds of miles between the West and the Arabs before some Arab countries can catch up with them in terms of research, scientific and technological development, and other aspects of comparison between nations, as well as measurement standards and indicators.
The West has managed to succeed despite its limited resources, while most Arab countries have failed to succeed despite having abundant resources. Nature has been extremely stingy and miserly with some Western countries; yet we find that Switzerland, with its small land area that does not allow for agriculture or the expansion of livestock farming, produces the best milk in the world. Likewise, despite its inability to grow cocoa, it produces chocolate that is unmatched.
Let us leave Europe and take a look at Japan, which nature has also been stingy with and has not been generous at all, as its mountainous environment has prevented it from farming; yet, it did not give up but developed itself and imported everything from the world, not for consumption but to remanufacture it and transform raw materials into finished goods, until Japan became a giant factory where the Japanese live in a state of constant readiness and unparalleled activity.
Our problems in the Arab countries, despite the availability of resources and a favorable climate that provides an unparalleled environment for work and production, the problem is not the issue itself, but rather its escalation, like a snowball that, once set in motion, swells and grows to a terrifying size that is difficult to control or counter. Egypt is currently suffering from a population explosion that began in the 1980s and was referred to at the time as population growth.
The “missile deviation” theory applies to us all too well. as missiles are designed to hit specific targets with precision and success based on complex calculations and coordinates that leave no room for error, but even the slightest deviation at the launch site leads to increased aiming error rates, and with launch power and distance, the angle of deviation increases, resulting in a gap of tens of meters.
