Paul Jay of the Real News Network interviews geopolitical author Adam Hanieh, who points out how US Middle Eastern policy is still based, to a great extent, on a cynical alliance with the dictatorships hiding behind their crowns and robes at the Gulf Cooperation Council. American foreign policy is now highly schizophrenic, trying to relate positively to the the regional pro-Democracy uprising erupting everywhere while at the same time stabbing some of these mass movements in the back in deference to the "Good Ole Boy Network".
 
The US, Gulf Kings and Brutal Repression in Bahrain
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Paul Jay of the Real News Network interviews geopolitical author Adam Hanieh, who points out how US Middle Eastern policy is still based, to a great extent, on a cynical alliance with the dictatorships hiding behind their crowns and robes at the Gulf Cooperation Council. American foreign policy is now highly schizophrenic, trying to relate positively to the the regional pro-Democracy uprising erupting everywhere while at the same time stabbing some of these mass movements in the back in deference to the "Good Ole Boy Network".
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