community - including the United States - has been dead silent.
Its posture has been 180 degrees from its actions in Libya.
There are a few reasons. First, Bahrain is of strategic important
to the US, which houses its Fifth Fleet there. Second, Bahrain
and Saudi Arabia are joined at the hip, and the US moves very
cautiously when its actions might offend the Saudis. Saudi
Arabia is important to the US because its Sunni population
presents a counter-balance to Iran's Shia majority. Bahrain has
complained that Iran is secretly providing resources to the
protesters.
Bahrain's Crown Prince met recently with a number of State
Department officials and with President Obama in the Oval
Office. He expressed worry that Bahrain's image was being
damaged and said he feared the impact on the country's tourism
business.
The King has appointed an independent committee to look into
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