Site Meter USA’s Bahrain Blunder | UN Dispatch
Increase Font Size Decrease Font Size
Dispatch Tweets
UN Dispatch's full feed

Archives

USA’s Bahrain Blunder

avatar

March 15, 2011

Mark Leon Goldberg

Rights | ,

As expected, the foreign intervention in Bahrain has turned deadly. Apparently, two protesters have already been killed since Bahrain’s monarch invited a Saudi-led multi-national force into its country to suppress a popular rebellion.

It is worth noting here just how bad the United States must look in the eyes of a protest movement seeking to shake off an oppressive political system. The United States seems unwilling or unable to convince Bahrain’s al-Khalifa family to open up the political system.  Meanwhile, the United States has stood by the monarch, even as Bahrain’s ruling family simply ignored the advice of the United States Defense Secretary.

You basically have a situation right now where one American ally is asking other American allies in the Gulf to use their American weapons to help suppress a revolt.

This can’t be good for America’s long term interests in the region.  Not at all.


  • Khalid

    Dear Sir,You do not have the full picture. The King has called for national dialogue for almost one month now,and these has been rebuffed by the opposition led by its extremist wing which insist on the fall of the monarchy.
    There’s also the looming question f Iran and Islamic extremism.
    Please take due care to research before drawing such conclusions in the future,thank you.

    • Time

      It is now high time for the Al-Khalifa clique to depart Bahrain. They have no place among us after what they have done. If they in their wildest dreams think that we will let them get away with it this time then they are surely day dreaming.

      We have spoken and we will get our country back.

      • Lynne

        I agree. 231 years of dictatorship is more than enough. They have shown their true brutal colours to the world and it is high time to say good riddance to bad rubbish. Imagine such a regime in the West – would it be tolerated? Would there be intervention? Yes there would if Western children were being gunned down while playing in front of their homes! Let us intervene, liberate the Bahraini people and clear away their trash regime.

  • http://twitter.com/humanright60 Justice

    Where now USA stands! If USA comment on the GCC Sheild Troops in Bahrain, they why keep quite on the voilence errupted by the protesters? Where is your Human Right policy. Does it mean that the USA acccpets the act of so called peace protesters who kills the exapts brutally. all these three days few Pakistanis & Bangladeshis have killed by these demonstrators. Why USA does not speak out on and Iran who suppress the protesters there. Why Iranian protesters in Iran is applied for Human Rights?

    Please do not fool the world any more, and at least keep quite. Let GCC handle this issue if you are unable to support Bahrain Government.

Momentum1000.org

Diplo Tweets

Charity Miles