- 在国内听小道消息，从动车事故到王立军 (ZT) [2012/05]
- 对八九六四的认真反思，一不得不读的好文 (ZT) [2013/06]
- 昨天说他是＂奴才＂，今更正为＂洋奴才＂ [2010/07]
- 中国不应该计划生育吗？ by 米笑 [2011/12]
- 林书豪事件后，哪些华人反应过激 (ZT) [2012/02]
- 也谈6.4，支持小平 [2009/05]
- 美国公司文化体验之一 (记我的两个70后同事) [2009/05]
- 新中国风风雨雨走过６１年，值此大喜的日子，作为海外华人，今天来＂酸葡萄＂一下 [2010/10]
- 看看美国公校里怎样教乘法 [2009/02]
- 质疑［一个统一过中国的领导人，肯定不是人民的公敌。］ [2010/04]
- 华人是白人还是黑人？美国最高法院回答你 (ZT) [2011/04]
- 智取小偷－－驾校里的故事 [2009/05]
- 周燕霞是政客吗？ [2009/03]
- 一转身，交了个朋友；再一转身，又交了个朋友，还得了份工作 [2009/04]
- 母亲的诗 [2009/03]
- 村里建了“忠烈祠” [2009/03]
- 我的兄弟姐妹 [2009/04]
- 儿时回忆－－斗风筝 [2009/02]
- 爆破班上课了 [2009/04]
- 大蛇的传说 [2009/05]
- 文革中的母亲 [2009/05]
The Obama Administration’s rush to escalate Libya into a full-scale war, nominally as a reaction to the Gadhafi government’s violence against protesters, has put it in an awkward position. The violence was far from exclusive to Libya, and similar crackdowns are growing all the time in Yemen and particularly Bahrain.
Which leads to the inevitable question: how can the Obama Administration use Gadhafi’s crackdown on Libyan protesters as an excuse for war, while insisting Bahrain not only has the right to do the same, but has the “sovereign right” to invite Saudi Arabia et al. to join in on the fun?
It is a question that was raised on a number of stages over the weekend and tackled by a number of top officials, particularly Sen. John Kerry (D – MA), who insisted that Iran and Hezbollah were secretly to blame for the protests.
The most honest answer, however, came from Admiral Michael Mullen, who insisted that Bahrain “has been a critical ally for decades” but Libya hasn’t, and that in and of itself justified treating it as a totally different matter.
Bahrain’s opposition, for its part, has been urging the UN and the Obama Administration to put a stop to the crackdown. No one seriously expects this to actually happen, but other than Admiral Mullen’s unusual candor, no one seems willing to explain why.
--反战网