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181101
Tue, 05/10/2011 - 10:46
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More U.S. duplicity in Bahrain
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) -- The mainstream media outlets in the United States are celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, while trying to convince the world that the U.S. has established the justice everyone has waited so long for.
At the same time, the repression of the people of Bahrain is continuing, with the tacit approval of Washington.
The death of the Al-Qaeda leader provided an opportunity for U.S. President Barack Obama to appear on television and speak about the U.S. version of justice, the justice which has allegedly been established after years and years of counterinsurgency operations in the mountains and villages of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Yet, unimaginable suffering had to be imposed on the people of Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan to establish this so-called justice and restore order. But everyone knows there is no justice or order in Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.
Now there is no more discussion about justice. The topic has changed. Osama bin Laden is dead and nothing else matters for U.S. officials.
It is more than three months since the beginning of the violence in Bahrain. Innocent people are being killed by the security forces of the Al Khalifa royal family and Saudi Arabian troops, and nary a peep is heard from the international community. The U.S. remains silent because its interests are being served by the Saudis. And the general public in the Western world is kept distracted by the death of Bin Laden, so there is no time to speak about Bahrain and whether justice matters or not.
The Al Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain as absolute monarchs for decades and is backed by Saudi Arabia, a key ally of the U.S. in the region.
And it was recently reported that the Pentagon has signed the biggest military contract in its history with Saudi Arabia. The value of the contract is estimated to be over $60 billion. The stockholders of the U.S. military-industrial complex are making their money and are indifferent to the fact that Bahraini security forces and Saudi troops are committing atrocities on a small island in the Persian Gulf, which is also the base of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Thus, no response is the best response. U.S. officials want to maintain ties with their strategic ally, which is also the world’s biggest oil producer, and they do not care what happens to the people of Bahrain.
Bahrain is another clear example of the double-standard policy the U.S. is using in dealing with international issues and the issue of justice itself.
Apparently, for U.S. officials, celebrating the death of a terrorist like Bin Laden is much more important than the lives and future of hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis.
The U.S. tries to give the world the impression that it is the standard-bearer of peace and justice, but its hypocrisy is exposed in Bahrain and countless other places, where U.S. actions are actually promoting injustice and war.
At the same time, the repression of the people of Bahrain is continuing, with the tacit approval of Washington.
The death of the Al-Qaeda leader provided an opportunity for U.S. President Barack Obama to appear on television and speak about the U.S. version of justice, the justice which has allegedly been established after years and years of counterinsurgency operations in the mountains and villages of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Yet, unimaginable suffering had to be imposed on the people of Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan to establish this so-called justice and restore order. But everyone knows there is no justice or order in Afghanistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.
Now there is no more discussion about justice. The topic has changed. Osama bin Laden is dead and nothing else matters for U.S. officials.
It is more than three months since the beginning of the violence in Bahrain. Innocent people are being killed by the security forces of the Al Khalifa royal family and Saudi Arabian troops, and nary a peep is heard from the international community. The U.S. remains silent because its interests are being served by the Saudis. And the general public in the Western world is kept distracted by the death of Bin Laden, so there is no time to speak about Bahrain and whether justice matters or not.
The Al Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain as absolute monarchs for decades and is backed by Saudi Arabia, a key ally of the U.S. in the region.
And it was recently reported that the Pentagon has signed the biggest military contract in its history with Saudi Arabia. The value of the contract is estimated to be over $60 billion. The stockholders of the U.S. military-industrial complex are making their money and are indifferent to the fact that Bahraini security forces and Saudi troops are committing atrocities on a small island in the Persian Gulf, which is also the base of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Thus, no response is the best response. U.S. officials want to maintain ties with their strategic ally, which is also the world’s biggest oil producer, and they do not care what happens to the people of Bahrain.
Bahrain is another clear example of the double-standard policy the U.S. is using in dealing with international issues and the issue of justice itself.
Apparently, for U.S. officials, celebrating the death of a terrorist like Bin Laden is much more important than the lives and future of hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis.
The U.S. tries to give the world the impression that it is the standard-bearer of peace and justice, but its hypocrisy is exposed in Bahrain and countless other places, where U.S. actions are actually promoting injustice and war.
