Bahrain Warns Flotilla Would Be "An Act of War"
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
May 14, 2011 at 9:12am
A flotilla looks a bit different when it's headed your way, doesn't it?
A former Bahrain legislator and Palestine campaigner has warned that Iranian plans to dispatch a flotilla to Bahrain in show of solidarity with the “oppressed people” of the majority Shiite country would be considered an act of war if carried out.
Nasser Al Fadhala told Bahrain’s Gulf Daily News that it was unacceptable for Iran to use tactics with Bahrain similar to those used by human rights activists in trying to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza.
“They are using the same idea of sending an aid flotilla that was used last year in Gaza,” he said.
Indeed they are. Mighty awkward, that.
Appreciation to Ricochet member Douglas Pologe for noting this item.
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May '10
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Ha!
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I know--except that it's so unfunny and dangerous.
May '10
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We would all do better to use the proper term. Armada. That's threatening. Gunboat diplomacy, which last I checked, only the Anglosphere is allowed to use.
May '10
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Just desserts is what it is.
Of course, it also hits home how America is expected to do everything. Why can't the gulf states stand p to Iran? Why not Turkey? Iran is a problem for the world. Why does it have to be America or no one?
Re: Bahrain Warns Flotilla Would Be "An Act of War"
Bryan G. Stephens: Just desserts is what it is.
Of course, it also hits home how America is expected to do everything. Why can't the gulf states stand p to Iran? Why not Turkey? Iran is a problem for the world. Why does it have to be America or no one? · May 14 at 10:21am
Everyone in this region, basically, is hoping to be eaten last by the alligator.
Dec '10
Re: Bahrain Warns Flotilla Would Be "An Act of War"
Claire Berlinski, Ed.
Bryan G. Stephens: Just desserts is what it is.
Of course, it also hits home how America is expected to do everything. Why can't the gulf states stand p to Iran? Why not Turkey? Iran is a problem for the world. Why does it have to be America or no one? · May 14 at 10:21am
Everyone in this region, basically, is hoping to be eaten last by the alligator. · May 14 at 10:41am
...and they know those American cowboys just love their alligator skin boots.
Jun '10
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Please! Please! Send the flotilla. Then I pray the Bahrainis sink the sucker, so that when the next one comes toward Gaza the Israelis can just follow established precedent.
Jul '10
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Perhaps this has already been discussed, I've been viciously busy lately, but where is Ahmadinejad, in or out? And is what will follow worse or better?
Is this an attempt to return Persia to its Sassanid glory?
Note that Saudi troops arrived in Bahrain in March to protect the oil fields, infrastructure, and financial institutions.
Dec '10
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Sisyphus:
Is this an attempt to return Persia to its Sassanid glory?
The Gulf Arab nations call that body of water "the Arabian Gulf." This is a major bone of contention with the Iranians.
The depth of Iranian ethnic pride can be measured by the Islamic Republic's outrage over the depiction of Xerxes in the movie "300." Xerxes was a pre-Islamic pagan, so one would think that truly pious Islamic rulers would reject his practices and lifestyle as haram. However, the Iranian leaders see themselves as the heirs to the greatest empire and most enlightened culture of its time, and as the ones who will restore Persia's once and future glory (reformed Islamically, of course).
The Iranians no doubt regard the hundreds of years that the Arabs spent under Ottoman rule as proof positive that Arabs deserve and even need to be subjects of foreign empire. And they see themselves as just the imperialists to subjugate them.
Aug '10
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These "flotillas" are military interventions, and fundraising for them is a hostile act against a friendly State.Only Israel is widely deemed to be a legitimate target for such activity- not Syria, Libya,North Korea, Zimbabwe,Sudan, etc. etc.Now why could that be?