I call upon the US government to pullout its fleet from Bahrain now. The US government is falling behind the rapid event overtaking the Midle East, Egypt was an opportunity, so was Tunisia; instead, the US is watching from the side and propping-up dictators to fit its agenda. The time to be with people of the Middle East is now.
Broken Spring? : Information Clearing House This is a sequel to my June 2011 article, ‘After the spring’, on the upheavals in the Arab world. It is an article that has been painful to write, because it brings bad tidings and offers a pessimistic analysis of the upheavals, at least in the short term, in a number of Arab countries. The outcomes and potential outcomes of these uprisings have also acquired new, very significant dimensions. These include a complex entanglement with the accelerated preparations for a possible attack on Iran, and a poisonous, sectarian aspect that could have the consequence of ripping Syria and the Middle East apart.
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