'Bahrain situation unveils US hypocrisy'

'Bahrain situation unveils US hypocrisy'

Thu Apr 7, 2011 7:45PM

Interview with, Journalist and Political Analyst Dr. Aly El Kabbany.

As Saudi forces continue to terrorize innocent Bahrainis and commit human right violations, the US remains silent.

Press TV interviewed Journalist and Political Analyst Dr. Aly El Kabbany regarding the Bahrain situation, and the US approval of Saudi forces invading the country.

Press TV: Robert Cooper, a handpicked Senior Advisor to Catherine Ashton who is the Foreign Policy Chief as you well know, publically defended Bahrain's brutal crackdown, and chucked at the deaths as accidents. This was around March 30th. So is that the type of reaction we are seeing from the EU in particular? Is it a reflection of European countries?

Kabbany: Actually what you are hearing from the EU, and from the United States is lip service and media talk to try and say we are the guardians of human rights, and they support human rights. The contradiction is in the statement of Hillary Clinton. She said that the Bahraini government has the sovereign right to invite the GCC forces. How can a sovereign country, which lost legitimacy because the majority of its people do not want this government in place, invite foreign armies to fight civilians and to crush a civilian protest?

So that is the hypocrisy of the United States when they say that the Bahraini government has gotten sovereign rights, and at the same time they wish the process will end peacefully. We can see that the Bahraini government stopped any dialogue with the opposition, and they are now feeling strong after they dispersed all the protesters from Pearl Square. They are committing crimes against humanity under the watch of the 5th Fleet of the United States, which is based in Bahrain.

Press TV: What is it that defines the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia as we speak? The trip by Gates to Saudi Arabia is saying the 60-billion-dollar arms deal has gone through, not to mention he is there trying to sell Saudi Arabia more equipment at the same time. So what is it that the United States is asking Saudi Arabia to do? What is the relationship regarding the events in Bahrain?

Kabbany: The relationship between the Saudi monarchy and the United States is very strong and very stable. The King of Saudi Arabia knows that his monarchy is relying on the protection and the support of the United States. So they may have some disagreement sometimes on regional issues, but they never have disputes and the Saudi government can never afford to have a dispute against the Americans.

However, I think the Americans are now trying to convince the Saudis that the days of Ali Abdullah Saleh are over and they shouldn't support his regime. Now it's time for a change in Yemen. They mean a change of faces but not regime.

This is what the US and the Saudi Kingdom are trying to plot in Yemen. As for Bahrain, it's public knowledge that the American administration announced that the Bahraini regime is a pillar of the military and strategic framework of the United States in the area. So regardless of how brutal and authoritarian this regime is, the United States and Saudi Arabia will support this regime to the end because they are going against the wishes of the majority of the people. They don't care about their demands and these legitimate demands are their words not mine.

They are supporting the regime and they have allowed and given a green light for Al-Jazeera and GCC forces to invade Bahrain to help the dictator of Bahrain in oppressing and crushing the protesters in the country. We could hear the assistant of the Defense Secretary of Saudi Arabia today saying that Bahrain is stable. If that situation is stable according to him, the man is leaving in a dream and he doesn't know what is going on around him.

Press TV: When we talk about democracy, that is where the United States should come in, but they can't afford to lose their long term ally Saudi Arabia because of one thing and that is the oil. Isn't that true Dr. Kabbany?

Kabbany: Absolutely, there is also morality, ethics, and human rights, which the US claims to be the guardian of these issues. So they shouldn't contradict themselves when we are seeing massacres and killing of bare-handed civilians. The popular uprising in Bahrain was non-sectarian as your guest said. It's the rulers in the Gulf area that are playing the sectarian issue, which is a very dangerous issue to divide the people and destabilize the whole area.

I'm just hearing voices, for example in the propaganda machines, which they call media of these Gulf states. They are saying if the Shia citizens of Bahrain are not happy with Al-Khalifa ruling, they can leave the country and go to Iran. This is fascist and discriminatory remarks. People, who mention that are, say that should really be tried in court.

Even if we talk about the minority Sunni in Bahrain and say if they are not happy, they should leave and go to their brothers in Saudi Arabia, that would still be a fascist and discriminatory remark. So how dare they say that? Also the Muslims in the West would have the decency not to say if Muslims are not happy in the US or Europe, they can leave and go back to their countries. Those countries in the West and in the US respect human rights. I wonder why morality and ethics always end at the boarders of these countries, and do not extend to the Middle East where we are seeing all of these atrocities committed under their watch.

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