Bahrain; Egypt; Libya; Tunisia; Yemen; Revolts. Why? They US prez is a Muslim

[bucs90]

The Arabs revolting throughout the Middle East are doing so now, why? 1 reason. They've always thought the US would back the gov't to keep stability, and likely prevent an uprising. Until now. True or not, they THINK there is a Muslim in the White House who is sympathetic to their cause. The radicals, like the Muslim Brotherhood, in their minds think that now is the time to revolt, because the US president will do everything possible not to intervene because, as a Muslim, he sympathizes with them.

I think that has a lot to do with it. Obama's speech in Cairo apologizing for America was almost like an official "go ahead" call to begin preparing for revolt.

Thanks Mr. Obama. Your legacy may well read that you allowed the Middle East to implode.

 

[waltky]

The Bahrain bug-a-boo...

Why US silence on Bahrain's crackdown could backfire
April 14, 2011 - For the fourth time in two weeks, a detainee died in police custody. Witnesses say his body, like the others, bore signs of abuse.

As Bahrain's government intensifies its campaign to crush dissent, the world has been largely silent – embittering protesters and potentially creating an opening for Iran to expand its influence and undermine US-Saudi interests in the region. In the past week, activists and others who speak out against the Bahraini government’s campaign are increasingly being arrested and others have reported threats to themselves or their families. Security forces have targeted the nation’s majority Shiites for beatings and arrest at checkpoints, and conducted near nightly raids on homes of activists and ordinary citizens. This week a fourth detainee died in police custody in less than two weeks, and witnesses said that his body, like the others, bore signs of abuse.

Bahrain's government has also sought to wipe out the political opposition, arresting politicians and briefly shutting down the nation's only independent newspaper. Today the Ministry of Justice announced it has begun proceedings to shut down Bahrain’s largest opposition group, the Shiite bloc al-Wafaq, in a move that further confirms that Bahrain’s Sunni rulers are not interested in a political solution to the crisis. The silence of the world, and particularly the US, in the face of this campaign is galling to ordinary Bahrainis who oppose the crackdown, who watch the world condemn rulers in Libya, Syria, and Yemen without a mention of Bahrain.

“We are calling to the US, the United Nations, the EU,” said a man at the funeral of 15-year-old Sayed Ahmed Said Shems in the Shiite village of Saar late last month. Eyewitnesses said police killed the teenager as he played in an alley with his friends. “Where are they?” he wondered as men shoveled sandy soil into the youth's grave. “Where is the world? Why are they silent?” Like many Bahrainis at this tumultuous time, he asked to remain anonymous for his own safety.

America's silence in particular is angering Bahrain's largely Shiite population. While the US initially urged Bahrain's government to negotiate with the opposition, it has issued no strong condemnation of Bahrain's use of violence and intimidation since the middle of March, when Saudi Arabia sent more than 1,000 troops into Bahrain to help the government crush the protest movement that started in February asking for democratic reforms. While the US stance is generally attributed to an attempt to protect regional interests, the festering situation in Bahrain is actually increasing Iran’s opportunity for influence in the region and widening rifts between Arab nations – neither of which are in the interest of the US.

Why the US went silent

 

[Avorysuds]

I really don't think so...

 

[waltky]

Looks like dey gettin' outta Dodge as fast as dey can...

Libya Conflict Has Displaced 550,000 People
April 25, 2011 - U.S. officials said Monday that more than a half-million people, most of them third-country nationals, have fled Libya since the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi's government began in February. And they say about 5,000 people are joining the exodus every day.

Officials here say the outflow is affecting all six countries bordering Libya, but with the burden failing mainly on Tunisia and Egypt. They say that to help cope with it, the world community, led by U.N. agencies, has mounted one of the largest humanitarian airlifts in history. Senior officials at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, who briefed reporters on Monday said an estimated 550,000 people have fled Libya since fighting began.

They said the outflow consists largely of third country nationals who had been working there, but also includes Libyans fearing for their safety, and refugees from conflicts in Sudan and Eritrea who had been given shelter by Libya. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration Reuben Brigety said that as of Monday, 117,000 people have been airlifted home to countries as far away as Bangladesh and Vietnam. He said the charter flights, organized by the U.N. High Commission for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration, or IOM, are intended to ease the strain on Tunisia and Egypt.

"For both Tunisia and Egypt, you’re talking about two countries that are both very fragile politically at the moment, that have both undergone their own recent transitions," said Brigety. "So what we’ve tried to do is to continue to have the air bridge maintained, so that you don’t have large number of third country nationals build up in camps and create the sorts of security problems that those sorts of populations might create." Brigety said the airlift has been partially underwritten by a $13 million U.S. contribution to the IOM, part of the overall $47 million the United States has committed to humanitarian assistance related to the Libya conflict.

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[bucs90]

Oh man, you dug this thread up from the grave. Yep, they are. Theres a reason Muslim radicals worldwide see NOW as the time to revolt. Because the "world police" is being led by someone who is sympathetic to them.

Think about it. Why would all the drug dealers in Los Angeles suddenly become brazen and bold? Only if the LAPD was being led by a person sympathetic to drug dealers.

We are being led by a president who is at best sympathetic to their cause.......and at worst, one of them.

 

[Osomir]

Why not just make a new thread instead of resurrecting a seemingly random dead thread from a couple of years ago?