So: So far, the US has given Bahrain a giant get-out-of-jail-free card. All the signs point to our State Department being snookered by the King and all his trappings.
But how long ago was it the US was trying to show solidarity with those "loyal allies" who would bring "stability" to the region and nurture The Arab Spring into full flower?
Egypt? Tunisia? Yemen? Libya? Syria?
First, we petted these sleeping tigers until they bit us. We always had the military of these states with us, because from us they get the arms to kill their citizens.
But how about THE PEOPLE? The people we are supposed to be defending, nurturing, speaking out for -- do they have any legitimate claims? Do you know? Have we looked?
Well, a few of us have. Amongst the 535 cowering souls we elected to Congress, 19 -- yes, only 19 -- had the guts to speak out against injustice in Bahrain.
In a letter to the King, the 19 Congress persons said: "N ineteen members of the U.S. Congress have written to Bahrain's king to call for the release of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who is currently serving a three-month jail sentence for making anti-government statements on Twitter.
Signatories inljuded Keith Ellison, who organized the project, and Patrick Leahy, JohnConyers, Ron Wyden, Rau Grijalva, Alcee Hastings, Rush Holt, Michael Honda, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Carol Maloney, Jim McDermott, P. McGove, P. Moran, John Oliver, and Charles Wrangel.
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