يا عمال العالم اتحدوا: US shuns Bahrain condemnation at UN
The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday declined to sign a UN document condemning the ongoing human rights abuses in Bahrain.
The UN Human Rights Council document, which was signed by major European countries including Germany and France, calls on the Gulf state to do more to…
WTF? No sited reasons? Hmm, at least some of them should be obvious. I’d like to see more on this…
Oh yeah… the US Navy Fifth Fleet has its headquarters there. Keeps the oil flowing through the Straight of Hormuz and threatens Iranians. That’s some real bullshit. That’s real diplomacy.
Also, seven EU countries didn’t sign this thing:
Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Sweden
What’s the deal? Really making your UN reps look like a bunch of imperialist lackeys… or do you have your own bad reasons for this?
Here’s the New York Times experts debate on the issue of Bahrain. It’s not about human rights and principles, it’s about diplomacy and strategy.
