Things might be different were the opposition able to generate a
coherent, overwhelming parliamentary majority, but such has not been
the case. Moreover, “no organized group in Kuwait expresses a desire to
overthrow the monarchy, or to employ violence to change the status quo.
There is in Kuwait today no threat of a revolution from the armed forces,
from political Islam, nor from any other quarter.” The explanation for
this state of affairs may be found in two words: “oil” and “taxes.” Kuwait
has a lot of the former, and few of the latter.