Bahrain

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

What a difficult situation for American foreign policy, the government has been close ally of US and our base there is of huge importance to say nothing of the oil. The Shiites, which are in the majority, want more say and their protests have threatened to overthrow the minority government. Recently Saudi Arabia and UAE have sent ground forces in to assist the government squash the rebel factions and this doesn't sit well with the US. The big danger is that if the Shiite majority gains control, they would become a defacto arm of the extremist government in Iran. How do we balance our support of democracy with the real world reality that supporting the rebels might effect the balance of power in the region and greatly strengthen Iran?

Drill in Alaska and North Dakota and starve them into acting like humans.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Drill in Alaska and North Dakota and starve them into acting like humans.

Yeah, that's the answer....

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Yeah, that's the answer....

what's the worse case scenario?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

what's the worse case scenario?

Slaughter of innocent people, radical Islam taking over and kicking our forces out of a very important base....oil is a factor here but not as important as that base. Very touchy situation.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Slaughter of innocent people, radical Islam taking over and kicking our forces out of a very important base....oil is a factor here but not as important as that base. Very touchy situation.

Who's going to slaughter innocent people? Muslims are peaceful. Only a couple hundred radicals exist. We have oil here. Time to get work and harvest. Jobs, jobs, jobs....

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Who's going to slaughter innocent people? Muslims are peaceful. Only a couple hundred radicals exist. We have oil here. Time to get work and harvest. Jobs, jobs, jobs....

Dictators will do anything to remain in power, regardless of professed religious dogma. Drilling for oil (or not) in the US has nothing to do with the situation in Behrain. Neither does your argument with Riot over the extent of radical Islamic elements.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Dictators will do anything to remain in power, regardless of professed religious dogma. Drilling for oil (or not) in the US has nothing to do with the situation in Behrain. Neither does your argument with Riot over the extent of radical Islamic elements.

Tell that to Riot.....