Bahrain is a small desert kingdom in the Persian Gulf. It has a population of about 1 million. In February of this year, its people started a revolution in hopes of following in the footsteps of Egypt. Egypt, as we know, successfully ousted its leader of many years in a non-violent revolution. However, Bahrain has already run in to issues. Sunni officials have sent in troops to stop these protests in main cities and even in small villages. Many civilians have been killed already and even more have been injured.
I feel that the government is going about this all wrong. As long as the protests are peaceful, I don't see why you should send in troops to break them up. I guess I feel this way because the US has kind of been through this with protests in the Vietnam War era. Many people were injured in a few peaceful protests that we as Americans are entitled to participate in. That is what is so awesome about the United States. We have many liberties that we take for granted until we see that people in other countries aren't afforded those same liberties. In either case, I think that it is going to be very interesting to see how this plays out. It also kind of makes me feel relieved that I wasn't offered the job I applied for in Bahrain.
