ʻO Christopher Hill, he kākau ʻōlelo mua o ka mokuʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika no Asia hikina i ʻelele i Iraq - a he mea maʻamau hoʻi he diplomat ʻAmelika hoʻolohe a kamaʻilio ʻole - ua kākau ʻo ia i kekahi lā "ʻo ka manaʻo e hiki i kahi dictator ke koi i ke kuleana mōʻī e hōʻino i kona poʻe. ua lilo i mea ʻae ʻole ʻia".
Inā ʻaʻole, ʻoiaʻiʻo - a ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Hill i kēia - ke noho nei ʻoe ma Bahrain. Ma kēia mokupuni liʻiliʻi, kahi mōʻī Sunni, ka al-Khalifas, e noho aliʻi i ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Shia a ua pane aku i nā kūʻē demokala me nā hoʻopaʻi make, hopu nui ʻia, ka hoʻopaʻahao ʻana o nā kauka no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā maʻi e make ma hope o nā kūʻē a me kahi "kono" i nā pūʻali Saudi. e komo i ka aina. Ua hoʻopau pū lākou i ka nui o nā hale pule Shia me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a pau o kahi pilote 9/11. Akā, e hoʻomanaʻo kākou ʻo ka hapa nui o nā mea pepehi 9/11 he Saudis maoli nō.
A he aha kā mākou e loaʻa ai? Hamau. ʻO ka noho mālie ma ka pāpaho US, ka nui o ka noho ʻana ma ka nūpepa ʻEulopa, ka noho mālie mai kā mākou aloha CamerClegg a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi mai ka Hale Paʻa. A - hilahila o ka hilahila - noho mālie mai ka poʻe ʻArabia i ʻike i kahi i hoʻomoʻa ʻia ai kā lākou berena. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hāmau ʻana mai al-Jazeera. Hōʻike pinepine au ma kā lākou mau puke ʻōlelo Arab a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania maikaʻi ʻole, akā ʻo kā lākou haʻi ʻole ʻana iā Bahrain he mea hilahila, he ʻano ʻino i ka hanohano a lākou i lawe mai ai i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka Middle East. ʻO ka Emir o Qatar - ʻike wau iā ia a makemake nui iā ia - ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāna aupuni televise ma kēia ʻano.
Ua hāmau ʻo CamerClegg, ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka mea, ʻo Bahrain kekahi o kā mākou "hoaaloha" ma ke Kai Kūʻai, he mea kūʻai i nā mea kaua, home no nā tausani o Brit expatriates - i ka wā o ka mini-revolution a Bahrain's Shia - ua hoʻohana i ko lākou manawa e kākau i nā leka ʻino i ka poʻe. ʻO ka poʻe paʻi kākoʻo-Khalifa kūloko e hōʻino ana i ka poʻe nūpepa Komohana. A no ka poʻe hōʻike, hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka haʻi ʻana mai o kekahi wahine Shia ʻōpio iaʻu inā e hele mai ke Keiki Aliʻi i ka Pōʻai Puʻupuʻu Momi a kamaʻilio pū me ka poʻe kūʻē, e hāpai lākou iā ia ma ko lākou poʻohiwi a puni ke kahua. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ia. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i hele mai. Akā, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kā lākou mau hale pule a ʻōlelo ʻo ia he manaʻo Iranian - ʻaʻole ia he hihia - a ua luku ʻo ia i ke kiʻi o ka momi ma ka pōʻai, a pēlā e hoʻololi ai i ka mōʻaukala o kona ʻāina ponoʻī.
ʻO Obama, ʻaʻole pono e ʻōlelo, aia kāna mau kumu ponoʻī no ka noho mālie. Hoʻokipa ʻo Bahrain i ka US Fifth Fleet a ʻaʻole makemake ka poʻe ʻAmelika e hoʻokuke ʻia mai ko lākou awa liʻiliʻi hauʻoli (ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke piʻi i luna a neʻe i UAE a i Qatar i kēlā me kēia manawa a lākou e makemake ai) . No laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike iā La Clinton, makemake nui e hōʻino i ka ʻohana Assad, e ʻōlelo ana i nā mea ʻino e pili ana i ka al-Khalifas. No ke aha ma ka honua ʻaʻole? Aia mākou a pau i ka ʻaiʻē i ka poʻe ʻArabia Gulf? He poʻe hanohano lākou a hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻōlelo ʻana me ka manaʻoʻiʻo maikaʻi. Akā ʻaʻole, hāmau mākou. ʻOiai i ka wā i hoʻonele ʻia ai nā haumāna Bahraini ma Beretania i kā lākou mau haʻawina no ka mea ua kūʻē lākou ma waho o kā lākou ʻelele ʻo Lākana, noho mālie mākou. CamerClegg, hilahila iā ʻoe.
ʻAʻole i kaulana ʻo Bahrain ma ke ʻano he "hoaaloha" o ke Komohana, ʻoiai ʻo ia ke ʻano makemake e hōʻike ʻia. ʻOi aku ma mua o 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo ka mea e kūʻē ana i ka noho aliʻi ʻana o ka ʻohana aliʻi e hoʻomāinoino ʻia i loko o ke keʻena nui o nā mākaʻi palekana. ʻO ke poʻo o ia mea he mākaʻi Pelekane ma mua o ka lālā kūikawā nona ka mea hoʻomāinoino kiʻekiʻe he mea hoʻomāinoino i ka pūʻali koa Ioredane. I koʻu hoʻopuka ʻana i ko lākou mau inoa, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kiʻi paʻi kiʻi ma ka nūpepa aupuni ʻo Al-Khaleej i kiʻi ʻia iaʻu he ʻīlio huhū. ʻO nā ʻīlio huhū, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono e hoʻopau ʻia. ʻAʻole ia he hoʻohenehene. He mea hooweliweli.
ʻAʻohe pilikia o nā al-Khalifas me ka nūpepa kūʻē, ʻo Al-Wasat, akā naʻe. Ua hopu lākou i kekahi o kāna mau mea hoʻokumu, ʻo Karim Fakhrawi, i ka lā 5 ʻApelila. Ua make ʻo ia i loko o ka hale paʻahao i hoʻokahi pule ma hope. He ʻumi lā ma hope mai, ua hopu lākou i ka mea kākau moʻolelo o ka pepa, ʻo Haidar Mohamed al-Naimi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike ʻia ma hope mai. Eia hou, hamau mai CamerClegg, Obama, La Clinton a me ke koena. ʻO ka hopu ʻana a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā kauka Shia Muslim no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kā lākou poʻe maʻi e make - ʻo ka poʻe maʻi i pana ʻia e nā "pūʻali palekana", ʻoiaʻiʻo - ʻoi aku ka ʻino. Aia au i ka haukapila i ka wā i lawe ʻia mai ai kēia mau maʻi. I kēia manawa ua hopu ʻia lākou, ua lawe ʻia nā kauka a me nā maʻi mai ko lākou mau moena haukapila. Inā e hana ʻia ana kēia ma Damaseko, ʻo Homs a i ʻole Hama a i ʻole ʻAleppo, e kani ana nā leo o CamerClegg, a me Obama a me La Clinton i ko mākou mau pepeiao. Akā ʻaʻole. Hamau. ʻEhā mau kānaka i hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ka make no ka pepehi ʻana i ʻelua mau mākaʻi Bahraini. He aha hoʻokolokolo koa i pani ʻia. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kā lākou "hōʻike" ma ke kīwī, ke ʻano Soviet. ʻAʻohe huaʻōlelo mai CamerClegg a ʻo Obama a me La Clinton.
He aha kēia mea lapuwale? ʻAe, e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe. ʻAʻohe mea pili i ka Bahrainis a me nā al-Khalifas. E pili ana i ko mākou makaʻu iā Saudi Arabia. ʻO ia hoʻi e pili ana i ka ʻaila. E pili ana i kā mākou hōʻole loa e hoʻomanaʻo i ka 9/11 i hana nui ʻia e Saudis. E pili ana i kā mākou hōʻole ʻana e hoʻomanaʻo ua kākoʻo ʻo Saudi Arabia i ka Taliban, ʻo Bin Laden he Saudi, ʻo ka mana ʻoi loa o ka Islam mai Saudi Arabia, ka ʻāina o nā poʻo-choppers a me nā mea ʻoki lima. E pili ana ia i kaʻu kamaʻilio ʻana me kekahi luna Bahraini - he kanaka maikaʻi a maikaʻi a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo - a nīnau wau iā ia no ke aha e hiki ʻole ai ke koho ʻia ke kuhina nui o Bahrain e ka hapa nui o ka poʻe Shia. "ʻAʻole loa e ʻae ka Saudis," wahi āna. ʻAe, ko mākou mau hoaaloha. ʻO nā Saudis.
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