''Let nothing be called natural
in an age of bloody confusion,
ordered disorder, planned caprice,
and dehumanized humanity,
lest all things be held unalterable!''
Bertolt Brecht, dramatist, poet and a refugee. The Exception and the Rule, 1937
As anticipated Saudi forces quelled the " Day of Rage" with The Saudi Foreign Minister quoted as saying "It will cut off any finger raised against it."
US Defence secretary Gates turns up in Manama to show support for Bahrain's regime.
Gadaffi in the meantime is getting bolder with many billions salted away to pay for his mercenaries and no doubt a dictator or two who gave him support at the meeting of the African Union.
Well what did you expect? There is a brotherhood of thieves.
Though Qatari based Al Jazeera was conspicuously absent in its reporting on Saudi it had covered the protests in Bahrain.
The historical tensions between the two, due to territorial disputes with tribal -dynastic overtones may have a role to play in this.
Time and Wikileaks will most probably reveal the various forces at work and how it has affected their behaviour in the secret deals that are being carved out.
In the Emirates the federal experiment is working so far and has not seen the demonstrations prevalent elsewhere in the Gulf only a calm petition signed by a few hundred notables requesting reform. It may herald in an end to the absolutism that is currently the reality in each Emirate. Cash is king .
Lack of adherence to the rule of law and their bad track record on human rights are put to one side as Obama's executive order on Guantanamo has given all these regimes the green light to be brutal.
The resistance in Libya needs proper weaponry so I hope all these backroom deals for America and the International community to turn a blind eye to the shameful suppression of their peoples legitimate aspirations and not interfere leads to real weapons being delivered soon.
There is something unnatural in all this that is plain for all to see.
As anticipated Saudi forces quelled the " Day of Rage" with The Saudi Foreign Minister quoted as saying "It will cut off any finger raised against it."
US Defence secretary Gates turns up in Manama to show support for Bahrain's regime.
Gadaffi in the meantime is getting bolder with many billions salted away to pay for his mercenaries and no doubt a dictator or two who gave him support at the meeting of the African Union.
Well what did you expect? There is a brotherhood of thieves.
Though Qatari based Al Jazeera was conspicuously absent in its reporting on Saudi it had covered the protests in Bahrain.
The historical tensions between the two, due to territorial disputes with tribal -dynastic overtones may have a role to play in this.
Time and Wikileaks will most probably reveal the various forces at work and how it has affected their behaviour in the secret deals that are being carved out.
In the Emirates the federal experiment is working so far and has not seen the demonstrations prevalent elsewhere in the Gulf only a calm petition signed by a few hundred notables requesting reform. It may herald in an end to the absolutism that is currently the reality in each Emirate. Cash is king .
Lack of adherence to the rule of law and their bad track record on human rights are put to one side as Obama's executive order on Guantanamo has given all these regimes the green light to be brutal.
The resistance in Libya needs proper weaponry so I hope all these backroom deals for America and the International community to turn a blind eye to the shameful suppression of their peoples legitimate aspirations and not interfere leads to real weapons being delivered soon.
There is something unnatural in all this that is plain for all to see.
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