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US arms Sales to Bahrain Undercut Criticism of Russia, Iran on Syria | Juan Cole
From the Daily Times, US resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns:
The Obama administration notified Congress that certain sales would be allowed for Bahrain’s defense force, coast guard and national guard, although it would maintain a hold on TOW missiles, Humvees and some other items for now […]
US officials said among the sales now allowed to go forward would be harbor security vessels and upgrades to turbo-fan engines used in F-16 fighter aircraft as well as legislation which could pave the way for a future sale of a naval frigate. Items still on hold, besides the missiles and the Humvees, include teargas, teargas launchers and stun grenades …
Sorry repressed citizens of Bahrain. Your struggle may have to wait until “our” oil lanes in the Gulf are properly safeguarded from the evil Iranian menace and the friendly regional monarchs of the GCC have fully “stabilized” Saudi Bahrainia.
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Anyone who in the modern age still thinks that the US government approaches global politics from any sort of benevolent standpoint, is just being naive.
It has always been, and likely will continue to be, all in the name of a wider (often corporate) self-interest - be it overt or less obvious.
As much as Syria is in dire need of some sort of resolution - The US is one of the last countries on earth, that can be lecturing others about human rights in international forums, as their on-going dictatorial complicity shows; the hypocrisy is only ever more evident day by day - so much so, that it’s making itself increasingly irrelevant (in a shifting world) as more nations speak openly about the overt double standards - on a multitude of different issues… but I guess therein lies the story of declining empire, with its priorities all wrong.
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