[governance] Watch "'Real Arab Spring in Bahrain which West ignores'" on YouTube

Sat Aug 18 14:27:51 EDT 2012

Fouad, what we see in the news is different than what we hear from people
witnessing the events, which is again different from reality. There is a
lot of politics involved. For example, when we look at the case of Syria,
does media really show what is exactly going on ground? Why has no Western
power interfered in the situation in Syria? From friends I know who know
people from Syrian opposition parties living overseas, the Syrian
opposition leaders have a good say in the bad-to-worst situation in Syria.
Everyone wants a big piece of the pie (leadership after the Asad regime),
and since none is getting what they are targeting, they are not giving
their country the focus it needs (they use the term "Its either my way or
the highway"). And then comes the part of the Sunni-Shiat Islamic conflict
where Syria connects Lebanon to Iraq, which is again connected to Iran,
Afghanistan, and down to Pakistan. This is part of what some call "The
Shiat Empire".

As for Bahrain, and as the news report states, the majority are Shiats
(60%) while the ruling family are Sunnis. Kuwait has many Shiats, and they
have border with Iraq and Iran. And then comes the eastern province of
Saudi Arabia which is another harbor for Shiats. Some politicians see the
future of Saudi Arabia to be divided into two countries: the Western
religious part, and the Eastern oil producing part. If this happens, and if
Bahrain is ruled by a Shiat ruler, the "Shiat Empire" has been fulfilled. I
have neighbors who work and live in Bahrain, and they have not mentioned
any of what the video shows.

I remember when the Arab spring erupted, and while I was watching a summary
on CNN, they showed a 5 second clip of protests in Jordan where things
looked messy (like in the RT video on Bahrain). I can assure you that it
never happened and that what the video showed had NOTHING to do with the
situation in Jordan. In fact, during these protests, police distributed
water and sandwiches to the protestor.

Bottom line, this is all a political debacle which targets at re-shaping
Western Asia into different Islamic sectors and doctrines as means to
reduce power of powerful nations. It started with Iraq, Pakistan and
Afghanistan are already messed-up, and what remains is Syria.

P.S. I have no issues when it comes to various Islamic doctrines. The text
written above is purely a platform for discussion and food-for-thought. I
have no issues with any religion or doctrine.

Fahd

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Fahd, what do you think?
>
> -- FoO
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you Fouad for the link. It was interesting to see the Analyst's
> > perspective on different treatment of the West which he points to the
> US's
> > position on Syria and Bahrain.  Not too long ago, we watched in horror as
> > the Syrian Government through its army was shooting its own civillians
> and
> > it appears from the link that Fouad sent, that the same is happening in
> > Bahrain.
> >
> > i find interesting the decision by the UN SG Ban Ki-moon and League of
> Aab
> > States SG on the appointment of a new Joint Special Representative for
> > Syria. It would be great to try to get Lakhdar Brahimi to the Arab IGF to
> > talk about the pursuit of an end to the conflict in Syria.
> >
> > I also hope the people of Bahrain attend the Arab IGF or at least
> > representatives. I know that ISOC has a chapter in Bahrain and they have
> > royalty as a patron. It will be great for our civil society who are
> present
> > in the Arab IGF to skillfully weave a workshop and help encourage
> dialogue
> > and diplomacy on why it is critical for the Internet to remain open and
> > free. It was around May this year, when I was in Washington DC that I had
> > met with an Iranian activist in the IGC who shared with me how the
> Iranian
> > government was deliberately slowing internet access for ordinary people
> so
> > that they could not access things like facebook etc.
> >
> > Without a doubt there needs to be awareness of the governance aspects and
> > multiple issues and maybe help convince people that the internet is a way
> > also that you can get communities to partner with government. A place
> where
> > they are not threatened by criticism. When people are suppressed this
> over
> > time boils and simmers and finds a way to spill into what we have seen as
> > "uprisings or revolutions". I was very impressed with a saying that I
> saw at
> > the US Federal Court of Appeals and can't remember what it said "word for
> > word" except that it was something along the lines that the State or
> > government must be quick to act against itself before the people...and I
> > remember thinking how lucky the US was to have that philosophy so
> engrained
> > within their culture because there are many parts of the world where
> this is
> > not so.
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Caught this news footage from RT that may inspire food for thought at
> the
> >> ArabIGF. I haven't edited the subject line as its posted by RT:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5BIIEx1srI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
> >>
> >> Foooo
> >>
> >>
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