As large numbers of Bahraini troops marched into what was once known as the Pearl Roundabout, the site of the largest protests in Bahrain in 2011 that was eventually destroyed when the regime declared martial law, fears arose of a repeat of the bloody crackdown.
Except apparently for Bahrain’s King, Hamad al-Khalifa, who insisted in an interview with Der Spiegel that there “is no ‘opposition’ in Bahrain,” pointing out that there was no official recognition of such a thing in the Bahraini constitution and accusing those who criticize him of “bad manners.”
Instead, Khalifa railed against Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose similar crackdown against his own population is ongoing. Khalifa insisted that Assad should listen to the majority of Syrians when he decides whether or not to step down.
Of course, Khalifa never listened to the majority of the Bahraini public, even when a near voting majority of the civilian population was in the streets demanding his ouster in favor of free elections. He also defended his request, which led to the Saudi invasion of Bahrain last year to help with the crackdown, saying he was concerned Iran would randomly invade over the protesters otherwise.
Iran never threatened to invade Bahrain. The same cannot be said of Syria, however, where Bahrain’s GCC has been leading the push for an Arab League invasion of Syria.
This is really the case of kettle calling the pot black! An extreme case of hutzpah.
al-Khalifa is a piece of work alright. He slaughters his own people, with the help of US weaponry, but condemns Assad. Hypocrisy, thy name is King Big Nose!
Look who is talking, another Tyrants from the region condemning what needs to be condemned in his turf. These Tyrants including Kuwait, Saudis and rest of the Arab Emirates are the neo-hitlerism whom started this new mess in Middle east and elsewhere and now they want to correct the Syrian regime.., they are either out of their mind or truly stupid, which might be the reason for US, Israel and EU whom been using and abusing these regime as they please, knowing the fact that these Tyrants been their slaves for years and mean nothing to US, Israel or EU, what is important is these tyrants money and Oil which been stolen by the west for years. When was the last time that these Tyrants – neo – hitlirism called upon nations in Middle East to be unified? They are just another dictatorship regimes and they following the path of US -Paul Wolfowitz and Queen of England in their hegemony.
He knows very well when Saudi Arabia falls, and that will happen when Israel attacks the Iran,
then he will be history! And I guess this little monarchist dictator has already dumped lots
of US dollars on a bank in the US and will be joining all those "rertired" South American
dictators living happily in Florida. He better doesn't think of coming to Europe then!
W9
"it's good to be the king"
Goodness! Seems the King is taking a page out of Obamas play book: Simply do what you want and tell your citizens to get "f==ked". Yep!. King indeed.
Who writes his scripts – Hilary Clinton?
The king is just reciting the script given to him by Hillary.
The GCC states spend more than Syria on weapons, if they want a war then they should bloody well start it but live with the consequences. The West should tell them that they are on their own. If they lose, tough!
I don't know what's worse if this puppet condemning Assad while killing his own people, if Assad killing his own people while saying that someone who have to do crazy to do what he is doing or Hillary condemning others for doing that which the US does. The race for King of Hypocrites is tight!