Why isn’t she in Bahrain out in the streets with the “freedom fighters?”

The Saudi angle is fascinating in all of this. The Kingdom has never been all that solid to begin with, largely a paper tiger, and it is populated by a small highly privileged class, and a much larger class of people who have seen no appreciable increase in personal freedom whilst witnessing a rather significant stagnation, even decrease in their standard of living. This is potentially volatile. If demonstrations come, they will be by people more like the Wisconsin protesters than the Cairo ones, and they will likely be met with a brutal response. If Raygun, Poppy, President Clinton or especially W were in office, the Royal Family could expect unqualified, immediate response from the US to prop up its shaky corrupt foundation. With President Obama, he might just be more comfortable letting democracy have a chance.

Olby Sucks said:
Why isn’t she in Bahrain out in the streets with the “freedom fighters?”

So, are you saying it’s the End of Days? Again?

Army tanks lock down Bahrain after a deadly predawn assault rips through a protest camp.

Sounds like a great place for vacationing…they’re just spreading “freedom fever.”

The protests worked in Egypt because the military refused to attack their own people. God v bless em’
Countries where the regimes will kill and imprison on large scale will require a lot of courage and commitment from the citizens.

Olby Sucks said:
Army tanks lock down Bahrain after a deadly predawn assault rips through a protest camp.

Sounds like a great place for vacationing…they’re just spreading “freedom fever.”

Well, as best I can tell, God never endowed America with the Divine Right to Rule the Middle East, and far too many lives have been lost in Iraq, American and Iraqi, because some Americans thought otherwise. I know you love your pessimism and misery, but you really ought to give freedom and liberty a chance. They can be transformational.

Do you know if the 12th Imam has been spotted in Bahrain?

CosmosDan said:
The protests worked in Egypt because the military refused to attack their own people. God v bless em’
Countries where the regimes will kill and imprison on large scale will require a lot of courage and commitment from the citizens.

I pray for their safety, and I pray that the seeds of freedom and liberty find fertile soil.

The Real Royal King said:
I know you love your pessimism and misery, but you really ought to give freedom and liberty a chance. They can be transformational.

Do you know if the 12th Imam has been spotted in Bahrain?

Oh yes they can be transformational, they can transition you straight to the great beyond. Let me help you out a little, when you are attempting to develop a strategy, whether military or foreign affairs, you had better game the worst possibilities out or you may get caught with your pants down and then people die. OH WAIT, that just happened. I thought that Clinton and W had some amateurs working for them, this bunch absolutely takes the prize. The Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization, my ass.

As for the “Number 12″, its OK, I think the Ayatollah stated he had been talking with him recently.

Sidhekitten said:
Oh yes they can be transformational, they can transition you straight to the great beyond. Let me help you out a little, when you are attempting to develop a strategy, whether military or foreign affairs, you had better game the worst possibilities out or you may get caught with your pants down and then people die. OH WAIT, that just happened. I thought that Clinton and W had some amateurs working for them, this bunch absolutely takes the prize. The Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization, my ass.

As for the “Number 12″, its OK, I think the Ayatollah stated he had been talking with him recently.

It is really distressing that some Americans, of all people, fear liberty, freedom and democracy. Imagine if it were otherwise ….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs&feature=fvw

For those that don’t know, amanpour is an Islamic, iranian who has NO vested interests in America. Her well-connected family were buddies with the despotic dictator the Shah of Iran, who, like mubarak, was funded with BILLIONS of dollars of US taxpayer money and was kept in power for decades by that money and the actions of the CIA and other US agencies. mubarak clearly wanted somebody he could relate to and who would be supportive and sympathetic to his corruption and dictatorial extremism for his “exclusive” interview – and amanpour certainly is the perfect fit, just as she is at the lamestream A(lways)B(iased-socialist)C(lowns) network.

“Freedom Fever?” And this person is supposed to be the expert on the middle east?

TeaPartyPatriot said:
For those that don’t know, amanpour is an Islamic, iranian who has NO vested interests in America. Her well-connected family were buddies with the despotic dictator the Shah of Iran, who, like mubarak, was funded with BILLIONS of dollars of US taxpayer money and was kept in power for decades by that money and the actions of the CIA and other US agencies. mubarak clearly wanted somebody he could relate to and who would be supportive and sympathetic to his corruption and dictatorial extremism for his “exclusive” interview – and amanpour certainly is the perfect fit, just as she is at the lamestream A(lways)B(iased-socialist)C(lowns) network.

Where did you find that kart o’ krap?

Ms. Amanpour was born in the UK. Her mother is British, her father is Iranian. She lived in Iran until she was eleven (11), then moved to the UK. She attended Catholic boarding schools and attended university in the US. She worked in the US for a number of years.

She is a Christian.

She is married to James Rubin, an American and a Jew.

Yeah, 32 years later and “Freedom Fever” is still alive and well in Iran.

OxyCon said:
“Freedom Fever?” And this person is supposed to be the expert on the middle east?

I don’t know, I think freedom fever is what they have. The problem is the people who will be using the freedom fever to enslave those who desire the freedom. As in Egypt where they jumped from the frying pan into the fire.

TeaPartyPatriot said:
For those that don’t know, amanpour is an Islamic, iranian who has NO vested interests in America. Her well-connected family were buddies with the despotic dictator the Shah of Iran, who, like mubarak, was funded with BILLIONS of dollars of US taxpayer money and was kept in power for decades by that money and the actions of the CIA and other US agencies. mubarak clearly wanted somebody he could relate to and who would be supportive and sympathetic to his corruption and dictatorial extremism for his “exclusive” interview – and amanpour certainly is the perfect fit, just as she is at the lamestream A(lways)B(iased-socialist)C(lowns) network.

I’ve followed her career for the last several years, and I’ve seen her do many interviews with foreign leaders (including dictators). If you actually watch the interviews, she’s typically quote tough on autocratic leaders.
Try watching her interview with Robert Mugabe on CNN from about a year or two ago…she takes him apart.

Likewise, I saw the Mubarak interview and didn’t find it to be deferential at all. It was polite, but direct. You can’t do a Chris Matthews or Bill O Reilly style interview with these dictators or they’ll just throw you out of the room.

Sharia law is the instrument by which Political Islam seeks to control the Muslim world. The protesters will not be able to say no to Sharia Law which makes females and infidels as second class citizens.

I’m so glad Amanpour is around. She’s great at getting at (and understanding) international viewpoints on the issues.

She’s not anti-American…she’s just one of the few journalists for an American network who actually tries to ask people overseas what they;re thinking (rather than just reporting on it through an American lens).

Hey Amanpour, when will you be giving a Big Shoutout to the Tea Party for inspiring the protestors, and igniting the Bush Doctrine throughout the Middle East.

This is what Bush said would happen, over and over again, as one of the 26! resons he named for going to Iraq.
When will the Democratic MSM be acknowledging this?

The Real Royal King said:
Do you know if the 12th Imam has been spotted in Bahrain?

I thought thay you were spotted Bahrain with Mao’s Red Book.

Re-write, I thought that you (RRK) were spotted in Bahrain with Mao’s Red Book.

I pray that freedom and democracy will continue in Egypt. Plus that people ‘s safety will be taken care of Witness Lana Logan’s brutal rape in Egypt, plus attacks on Cooper Anderson. I think its too soon to know what’s going to happen. It seems like exciting and hopefully not dangerous times in that N. African nation.

The Real Royal King said:
It is really distressing that some Americans, of all people, fear liberty, freedom and democracy. Imagine if it were otherwise ….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs&feature=fvw

I don’t know why I bother, but here goes, I was addressing a strategic point, while you were having contact with happy faerie dust. Our government blew it bad, they got caught with their pants down, they screwed the pooch, and several other euphemisms could be brought to bear. We have a Director of National Intelligence whose closest brush to an intelligence operation before this job was watching Will Smith and Gene Hackman in “Enemy of the State”.

I don’t fear fear liberty, freedom and democracy, I fear the disastrous incompetence we have at the top levels of State and at the top levels in several of Intel. Agencies.

“Freedom fever”? Don’t you mean rape fever Christiane?