Hey, it's better than me just eye balling pre-gulf war GDP trajectory. In any event, we can all agree it's difficult to see how an oil rich country, assuming no sanctions and no US invasion, wouldn't have at least equalled the GDP being lauded in the original article.
It is pretty dodgy math (I am not doing calculus today.) but a quick check makes it seem in the ballpark.
Hey, it's better than me just eye balling pre-gulf war GDP trajectory. In any event, we can all agree it's difficult to see how an oil rich country, assuming no sanctions and no US invasion, wouldn't have at least equalled the GDP being lauded in the original article.