Looking at Qatar's past and present, you will find that how painful it is to be too rich, and almost die because of money! 230 billion for a World Cup, the sum of all previous World Cup costs, not as much as Qatar spent this time.
In addition to producing oil, Qatar also produces natural gas, and the total reserves of natural gas are the third in the world, so the rich flowing oil, the bubbling with more money, this is Qatar. This year's natural gas prices soared, but the boss Russia and the second Iran have been sanctioned for many years, although they have a lot of gas, but they can't sell much, so Qatar has actually become the world's most important exporter of natural gas, Qatar has also made a lot of money, it is estimated that Qatar's per capita GDP this year can reach $100,000, what is the concept? This level can not only walk sideways in Europe and the United States, but also the dog owners in the Middle East have to look at the dust, and sigh that they are not as good. It is said that the Middle East is rich in local tyrants, then Qatar is the pride of the rich, and the cards are full.
It is said that Qatar is so rich, will there be troubles? There really is, and it's the kind of annoyance that can kill you.
Qatar has money, but the place is small, the people are still small, the permanent population is 2.6 million, 2.2 million go to work, and 400,000 of its own talents, which is not as many as our county town.
That Qatar's neighbors are still people who don't talk much. Saudi Arabia, Iran, the smallest neighbor the United Arab Emirates, also has a population of 10 million, Qatar with a population of 400,000, like a child of a few years old, walking in the Valley of the Wicked with a check of tens of billions of dollars.
The living environment is so bad, so how does Qatar save its life? Speaking out, Qatar's life-saving skills are also particularly bullish!
In the beginning, Saudi Arabia was a colony of the United States, Qatar was a British colony, parents did not agree, and children could not fight. Saudi Arabia looked at Kata hungry, but there was no chance.
After World War II, the world's colonies became independent, Qatar also became independent in 1971, Saudi Arabia looked, alas, the opportunity came, you are independent, Britain can no longer protect you? You Qatar is so fat, I Saudi to help you lose weight.
At that time, the situation was very tense all of a sudden, but when Qatar was about to end, it was possessed by koi and was saved by Israel's unintentional insertion. At that time, Israel was expanding everywhere in the Middle East, and when Saudi Arabia wanted to swallow Qatar, Israel was expanding its military there, and Saudi Arabia looked at it and was afraid that Israel was coming at it this time. I don't dare to move anymore.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Yom Kippur War, the fourth Middle East war, and Saudi Arabia was numb enough to deal with Israel, let alone create contradictions within the Arab world.
Not long after the Middle East war, Saudi Arabia opened a copy of the royal family's seizure of power, and the king was assassinated, not to mention any outward expansion.
Although Qatar survived by luck, he was also greatly stimulated, and he immediately saw clearly the situation of his wolves, and there were few kind eyes in the surrounding neighbors. And according to the style of doing things in the Middle East, once you start it, you will kill it all. If Qatar is invaded, it will be a very bad end.
So Qatar has been studying how to live every day since then, so the question is, what should Qatar do to survive, Qatar is a projectile projectile land, the total population is about 400,000, tens of millions of people around him do not come to do it is already burning high incense, let alone want to expand.
So what to do? Then Qatar thought of a move, aren't you big fists, then I won't compare fists with you, I compare your voice, Qatar will practice a good voice.
As early as 1996, Qatar established Al Jazeera, and when the local tycoons in the Middle East studied every day whether it was better to raise lions or tigers, Qatar had begun to go to the world through Al Jazeera and became one of the world's three major radio stations.
The small Qatar holds such a big speaker, no one is daunted, who dares to bully me, I will scold you to death with the big speaker, and let people all over the world spit you. Fully grasped the superiority of public opinion.
In addition to practicing a big voice, Qatar is also looking for big brothers to hug his thighs all over the world. Now there are several big brothers in the world, divided into several camps, and there are small bully in many places, these groups of people originally did not deal with each other, can make friends with these groups at the same time, there are really few in Shanghai, Qatar is born with social, and all the powerful people on the earth are good friends, good with China, good with the United States, good with Russia, good with Iran, good with Turkey, in addition to not good with Saudi Arabia, good with others.
On dancing on a large number of knives, serve Qatar. For example, Qatar has a US military base, to a certain extent Qatar is protected by the United States, but at the same time Qatar and Iran are not bad, Iran is opposite Qatar across the sea, Iran is not always sanctioned? Qatar often secretly sends things to Iran, what are Iran's shortcomings, Qatar secretly sends him over, and the eight-vein exquisite type is played by Qatar.
What about Qatar-China relations? That's naturally very good! As early as 2015, Qatar established the first RMB clearing center in the Middle East, which means that the RMB transactions in the Middle East generally go to Qatar, Qatar is an oil producer, and there is a currency swap agreement between China and Tajikistan, so the first stage of the oil yuan is tested in Qatar, and the technical content of Qatar's thigh is quite high. Moreover, this is almost ten years ago, and this was deployed in 2015, you can say that Qatar's vision is not powerful!
Even local tyrants like Turkey, Qatar often offers something, and the relationship is also very good.
Qatar's practice of making friends everywhere finally saved his life in 2017. In 2017, Saudi Arabia said that Qatar supported terrorists and wanted to impose sanctions on Qatar, and Saudi Arabia not only sanctioned itself, but also pulled its brothers around to collectively break off diplomatic relations with Qatar and completely isolate Qatar. Then there was an embargo on Qatar, and the surrounding 13 Gulf countries joined forces to blockade Qatar, which cost the cartel his life. Because Qatar is in the Persian Gulf, there is only one entrance, it is still controlled by the enemy, and all the surrounding countries block him, then he really can't even fly out of a bird. What's worse, Qatar is so poor that he only has money, and all the food and drink can only be imported, and if it is continuously blocked, then wait to starve to death.
Saudi Arabia wanted to force Qatar to surrender, and indeed almost burped Qatar. So how did Qatar survive this disaster? This is thanks to his extensive circle of friends before, at this time Turkey stood up, saying that I support Qatar, then Turkey is also a small bully in the Middle East, so his support, let Qatar at least a little confidence in the heart, but with confidence alone, it can not solve the problem of eating, Turkey he is not next to Qatar, there is no way to send food, then at this time Qatar another good friend comes into play, this is Iran, Iran is originally opposite Qatar, the two countries across the sea , in the past, when Iran was blocked, Qatar secretly sent things to Iran, and now when Qatar is blocked, Iran secretly sends things to Qatar.
With the help of Iran and Turkey, Qatar can barely save his own life, this Saudi Arabia can not kill him, Qatar is still loud, everywhere shouting Saudi Arabia bullying it, the world's eyes are attracted to see their vague affairs, and hindered by the various forces to Qatar platform is not good to move, there is no further cleanup of Qatar.
So why is Qatar willing to spend $230 billion for a World Cup? Everyone knows that Qatar's stadium is built by China, but it is not only China that is contracted in Qatar, Qatar's subway is built by a European company, his most important turf system on the football field, that is built by the United States, the world's powers can be said to have been contracted in the past, that is to say, Qatar's territory has tens of thousands of citizens from China, the United States, Europe are engaged in construction, you say who is going to blockade Qatar again, the citizens of these countries do something, Whether the five permanent warships are going to go over and walk around, then it is impossible to say what will happen at that time.
Through these series of operations, Qatar temporarily and completely got rid of the shadow of Saudi Arabia, and in 2021, Saudi Arabia chose to reconcile with Saudi Arabia, so you see the opening ceremony of the World Cup Saudi Prince Salaman Jr. also passed, and his face was still smiling, as for what he thinks in his heart, I don't know.