Bahrain security forces launch brutal assault on SLEEPING protesters

doubtfull.in the best of times the saudis posses little strength forget now.
they can make statements but are too flimsy themselves to act on anyones behalf.

We need to stay out of it. The United States has NO business going into these countries and interfering with their politics.

I disagree, I believe internationally America represents liberty and about humane treatment of distressed people rights, and at the very least voice our concern and disapproval about the indignity of their actions.

Are we to stand silent to violent atrocities to citizens of any nation?
Should that be condoned here if it happens here as well?

I strongly believe that we should not interfere unless EXTREME force is used against unarmed civilians. When i say extreme i mean hundred or thousands killed. Otherwise it really isnt any of our business. We have a bad enough reputation as is.

It could well be too late.

Soon we are conditioned to the point that the numbers don't matter anymore, since WWII, have you not noticed that there has been damned little peace in the world, and the violence against people by their govt's are growing increasingly more frequent and oppressive?

We always must make our stand, otherwise we stand for nothing.

Theres NEVER been peace in the world since the first man used a rock to smash anothers brains in. And no i cant say ive seen government oppression getting more violent or oppressive. If anything theyre less brutal than they used to be. Do you remember the violence unleashed against civil rights activists in the 50's and 60's? I havent seen anything like that in recent years in America at least.

In other parts of the world it certainly seems violent and oppressive but just the fact that youve even heard about the violence means things are actually getting better. In many countries if you so much as breathed a word against the established government you would disappear one night and never be heard from again.

So like i said before unless EXTREME unnecessary violence is being brought against unarmed civilians it should not be the duty of the United States to interfere. We arent the world's policemen... and we never shouldve tried to be in the first place. Not because its not a noble goal but because we dont have those kinds of capabilities or capital. Not to mention the fact that we have a history of installing dictators in the guise of "restoring the peace". If we truly want to help we need to stay OUT.

Impasse

idealisticly that sounds great.but when we put it into practice, especialy in parts of the world that our culture doesnt match up with thiers, it always earns a backlash.

further more if we have learned nothing from the last half century, it is that you cant force progress.just as we all have to learn to crawl before we walk and walk before we run, we cant show them the end game.they need to walk the path on thier own to reach what ever end they want.it seems so easy to us to just have freedom, but if you look at it, our freedom was a long learning process.they need to learn in stages just as we did.

i mean we gave iran the shah, and what did they do with a free cosmopolitan society? they rejected it as we all (human beings) fear that wich we do not understand.until they understand it all we can do is wait for them to reach a point where they ask for our help.until then any action we take would be viewed as intrusive.

actualy we are living in one of the most peacefull times in the history of humanity.of the conflicts that have occured since ww2, the overwhelming majority were fabricated for alternate purposes.

a far cry from days of barbarian hordes and genghis kahn.i mean literaly egypt has no government.at what other point in history was a nation governmentless and another nation didnt swoop in?

the violence against people by thier governments has been the status quoe and has steadily gotten better.it isnt like the roman empire were friendly and now those regions are oppressed.oppression has been the way of the world always.

If it is as you perceive and therefore believe, is it therefore real because it is what you conceive?

lol what a super respectfull way of saying fuck you lol.

it is just a matter of time before some of these regimes figure out assinating journalists is the only way to control perception.that is when shit will get real dicey for all of us.