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US Sends Warship to Bahrain In Response to Protests
While the world concentrates on the bloody scenes emerging out of Egypt, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier has been stationed off the coast of Bahrain in response to building protests against the country’s US-backed dictatorship.
Stratfor’s naval update map shows that the USS Nimitz moved towards Bahrain in recent days, with the USS Truman in relatively close proximity as part of its fresh 9 month deployment to the Arabian Gulf.
“The timing is instructive – pro-democracy protestors are preparing to demonstrate for human rights in the capital, Manama, writes Afshin Rattansi. “The Nimitz, lead Flat-top of President Obama’s Carrier Strike Group 11, rolled into harbor as if to say out loud: “The United States will not tolerate democracy in this island kingdom, home to the US Fifth Fleet. The USA supports the dictatorship installed here in the 18th century.”
Despite massive protests planned for today, “a tight security clampdown appears to have stopped large-scale demonstrations in the city,” reports the Associated Press, with the Bahraini prime minister having vowed to “punish” anti-government protesters.
Attempts to stage an “Arab Spring” revolution in Bahrain have been brutally crushed by the regime and its ally Saudi Arabia.
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While the US corporate media has dutifully sold the Syrian uprising as a grass roots revolution, when in reality it was quickly hijacked by radical jihadists and Al-Qaeda terrorists, there has been virtually zero coverage afforded to Bahrain’s struggle for freedom. That probably has plenty to do with the fact that the country is a key launch pad for any future US attack on Iran and the regime is a compliant puppet state for US hegemonic interests.
When former CNN journalist Amber Lyon made a documentary highlighting the royal dictatorship of Bahrain’s crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, CNN International refused to air the film and Lyon was later fired. It subsequently emerged that the Bahraini regime was paying CNN to portray the country in a positive light.
Meanwhile, the next destination of the USS George Washington, currently positioned near Japan, remains “classified”.
8 Comments on "US Sends Warship to Bahrain In Response to Protests"
Arthur on Wed, 14th Aug 2013 11:57 pm
Another junta needs to be protected against the evil of democracy.lol
dissident on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 12:12 am
Indeed. But we’ll have screaming about lack of democracy somewhere else where the regime is not a bootlick and dares to control its own resources.
Dave Thompson on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 12:18 am
Dictatorship or democracy, who is in control of how the oil is sold. If it is the U.S. dollar all is well. Any upstart want to try selling oil for gold? The euro? You will find out who is in charge.
BillT on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 1:20 am
Ah, as the legions are moved around the board, the game is about up for the empire. Soon there will be no gold to pay the mercenaries and it will all end. Or will it?
Ever given a thought to what Rome might have done had it a nuclear arsenal? Those Germanic Barbarians would have been nuked and all of Europe may be speaking Latin today, just as if Hitler had the bomb, we all might be speaking German. The Empire still has a few thousand itching to be used.
GregT on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 1:43 am
Or will the masters of the empire, merely shift their power to a new empire, like they have done so many times before?
ArnoldD on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 8:05 am
When you live in the Golden Eagle Hotel (GoldenEagleHotel.tumblr.com) in San Francisco you tend to see things differently. You might ask yourself, for example, where do they get so much cash for big do-nothing-but-destroy boats and why can’t they shake a little loose for basic stuff like health care for normal folks and tree planting here at home. But Nooo! We are bringing “democracy” to Bahrain. Quick quiz: How many Americans could find Bahrain on a map. Better yet – a map of the Persian Gulf. We need a constitutional amendment making it illegal to invade countries that the vast majority of us couldn’t locate to save our lives.
Luke on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 9:07 am
US big oil addiction will maintain autocratic dictatorship in Saudi A, Bahrein, Oman….,but will condemn suppression of human rights in Iran, Syria, Venezuela…..Perhaps shale revolution and the declared energy independence of the biggest oil consumer in the world will give room to the scream for democracy in the Gulf…..(nice job for NSA??)
Arthur on Thu, 15th Aug 2013 10:22 am
“US big oil addiction will maintain autocratic dictatorship in Saudi A, Bahrein, Oman….,but will condemn suppression of human rights in Iran, Syria, Venezuela…..Perhaps shale revolution and the declared energy independence of the biggest oil consumer in the world will give room to the scream for democracy in the Gulf…..(nice job for NSA??)”
[prediction] for the NSA employee who reads this message: every revolution needs a scape goat and since there is no organisation on this planet more hated than the NSA, who is on everybodies mind who clicks the submit button of his email or picks up a phone, we gladly leave it as an exercise to our esteemed NSA employee to figure out who the next scape goat is going to be. Please read up to what happened to Stasi/Securitate personel, it ain’t pretty. Run while you still can.[/prediction]