So basically:
unlimited comfort = elimination of suffering
Wow... you're more delusional than I thought!
We don't continue to refer to Italy as the Roman Empire, now do we? Or Iran as the Persian Empire? Those days are long gone.. and anyways, nationalism is for fools. I don't doubt that the arab world will rise, simply because it would be so difficult for them to sink any farther.
And I have no doubt your Iran will rise, nor will the Arab world. Why? Because power shifts. We've had our time, our time where the Middle East, where Arabs were the most powerful. That time has passed, but it can and will come again.