Bahrain Protests
Discussion
Tsippy said:
And on Fox News too , but hang on..London is burning as well according to them.
shindha said:
Why is the media not covering this revolution is is it because the princely state is an ally of the west?
Egypt was an ally of the west too yet it didn't stop our media giving their protests round the clock coverage. As for Bahrain's recent protests, well they are a tiny and some would say quite irrelevant state of 1 million people - do they really matter to us? Maybe that's why the coverage has been on the thin side.
Edited by Victor McDade on Tuesday 15th February 23:18
It's a bit of "revolution fatigue" in a few ways. Firstly, all of the middle east staff will have been in Cairo for the last few weeks, and working bloody hard, around the clock, in not very nice circumstances. They can't carry on at that tempo indefinitely.
Of course there's the other issue that people might get a bit bored of people in the middle east shouting. While it's very interesting for me, I'm sure there are many who just wish they would spend more time talking about other things.
That follows onto the next thing. They're predicting another big one (maybe Iran or Algeria) which is much more important.
Of course there's the other issue that people might get a bit bored of people in the middle east shouting. While it's very interesting for me, I'm sure there are many who just wish they would spend more time talking about other things.
That follows onto the next thing. They're predicting another big one (maybe Iran or Algeria) which is much more important.
alfaman]2 dead in Bahrain protests : not widely reported [ picked this up from colleague who runs a business there said:
- local view is protests will quiet down quite quickly
But only a million people live there. In Egypt a demonstration of around a million was enough to topple the government. That's only 10,000 people equivalent.This one will have Obama sweating. He won't be able to criticise the rulers as Bahrain is home to the U.S 5th Fleet and he needs them to be onside. Then if things do go all Egypt he cannot pretend to be on the side of the protesters as such a large U.S military presence in such a small nation for such a length of time points to complicity in or acceptance of the wrongdoings of the Bahraini royal family.
This is not news, Bahrain has always had issues between the ruling family and Bahraini citizens.
There have been protests, petrol bombing of police cars and people "disappearing" going back many years.
It will quieten down. Like most Gulf countries, people want to get on with their life and if the rulers can provide a relatively safe and good life, the odd protest, riot or civil action is part of the deal.
There have been protests, petrol bombing of police cars and people "disappearing" going back many years.
It will quieten down. Like most Gulf countries, people want to get on with their life and if the rulers can provide a relatively safe and good life, the odd protest, riot or civil action is part of the deal.
D900SP said:
This is not news, Bahrain has always had issues between the ruling family and Bahraini citizens.
There have been protests, petrol bombing of police cars and people "disappearing" going back many years.
It will quieten down. Like most Gulf countries, people want to get on with their life and if the rulers can provide a relatively safe and good life, the odd protest, riot or civil action is part of the deal.
Yeah the odd few protestors getting killed here and there too... no worries, it doesn't matter.There have been protests, petrol bombing of police cars and people "disappearing" going back many years.
It will quieten down. Like most Gulf countries, people want to get on with their life and if the rulers can provide a relatively safe and good life, the odd protest, riot or civil action is part of the deal.
The difference I hear this time is that the old sectarian divides are being forgotten and Shia and Sunni are joining forces in protest. This is something new, like in Egypt, and it poses a stronger and more united threat to the status-quo than ever before.
KANEIT said:
Yeah the odd few protestors getting killed here and there too... no worries, it doesn't matter.
The difference I hear this time is that the old sectarian divides are being forgotten and Shia and Sunni are joining forces in protest. This is something new, like in Egypt, and it poses a stronger and more united threat to the status-quo than ever before.
In the Gulf, including Saudi, it's unlikely that the different factions would unite as the whole problem is that they are different and one side rules, the other doesn't ..... The difference I hear this time is that the old sectarian divides are being forgotten and Shia and Sunni are joining forces in protest. This is something new, like in Egypt, and it poses a stronger and more united threat to the status-quo than ever before.
Firstly, why would they unite and even if they did, who would a united group fight against?
It is the Sunni versus the Shiite, whether one is the ruling side or not.
Iraq also had the Kurds in the mix.
Eqypt is slightly different as repression is/was more violent and the economic situation is in downward spiral due to massive unemployment rate, bearing in mind the industry and production capabilities of the country and how many workers that actually requires.
bahrain is a monarchy rather than a dictatorship which makes it more interesting reading and probably they dont want ppl in the uk to get idea's about its own monarchy!
i do agree with an above point - they seem to be waiting for a bigger one than egypt - iran seemingly the most likely place.
i do agree with an above point - they seem to be waiting for a bigger one than egypt - iran seemingly the most likely place.
A few more of these should get the people off the streets:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM...
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