That's a brain drain rather than an export though. Presumably those scientists and engineers got out of there because they are educated and marketable, and they couldn't take full advantage of that in the countries they left. It's a demonstration of the failure of Middle Eastern governments that their best and brightest feel the need to leave for democratic and capitalist societies in order to take full advantage of their skills.
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Date: 2006-08-11 01:16 pm (UTC)That's a brain drain rather than an export though. Presumably those scientists and engineers got out of there because they are educated and marketable, and they couldn't take full advantage of that in the countries they left. It's a demonstration of the failure of Middle Eastern governments that their best and brightest feel the need to leave for democratic and capitalist societies in order to take full advantage of their skills.