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Originally Posted by Catfish
I think it is in the interest of the west, that the kings and potentates of Bahrain, VAR, Saudi-Arabia and whatnot remain in power.
Strange that Iran did not say or do anything, when S.-Arabia sent its troops into Bahrain.
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Then we should not have adviocated the leave of Mubarak as well. But if we kick Mubarak, but leave the saudis and others in place, we simply use doub le standards and speak with split tongue.
Consistency, that is what it is about for me. You do not shake one gangster's hand while with your other hand you stab his as-evil brother.
We should not have become involved in the arab unrest at all. But when we did, we should have done it batter and earlier at many opportunities, especially the late intervention in Lybia.