WHAT DO SAUDI ARABIA, BAHRAIN AND QATAR HAVE IN COMMON? First, they are “monarchical regimes” within which are found some of the most barbaric labor practices in the world, often featuring immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Second, they are the closest of allies of the United States in its determined policy in fomenting insurrection in a “humanitarian [...]
WHILE THE U.S. SUPPORTS THE PROTESTS AGAINST “OUR ENEMY” (THE SYRIAN GOVERMENT) IT TOASTS ONE OF “OUR BASTARDS” (THE KING OF BAHRAIN) IN HIS CONTINUED SUPPRESSION OF PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN THAT COUNTRY. (Asia Times) The Crown Prince of Bahrain receives full state “honors” on a visit to Washington just as a Bahrani leader says that the government will [...]
TWO VARIETIES OF U.S. REACTION TO “ARAB SPRING”: SUPPORT OPPOSITION FORCES AGAINST “BRUTAL OPPRESSION” IN SYRIA; HELP THE BAHRAINI REGIME “DIFFUSE TENSION” BY SUPPRESSING ITS HOMEGROWN OPPOSITION. (Asia Times) Pepe Escobar explores this apparent cognitive dissonance between U.S. and Western powers’ divergent reactions to events in Bahrain and Syria. A year after a genuine expression [...]
THE CROWN PRINCE OF BAHRAIN WON’T BE ATTENDING THE WEDDING OF WILLIAM AND KATE. (Global Research) As the “excitement” of a royal wedding this week builds, the Bahraini monarch says that his presence might “tarnish” the wedding and he declines his invitation. It is suspected this decision to “un-invite” himself was prompted by the British [...]
UNITED STATES CONDUCTING AMNESIAC DIPLOMACY IN BAHRAIN. (Stars & Stripes) Not long after peaceful protesters calling for democratic reforms in a country ruled by the same family since 1783 were gunned down in Pearl Square, a top envoy from the United States was sent to the country as a means of “reassurance” to the Bahraini [...]
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