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I just heard Rob Soubhani, Georgetown prof, say on FNC this morning how much they loved us and support us in Bahrain.

The Shia rulers do. The Shi'ites/Irani/Hezbollah types don't. This was just posted:

U.S. officials believe Iran helped foment recent anti-American riots in Bahrain ^

Like Qatar, Bahrain is a small country sitting between giatns Saudi Arabia and Iran. Both are supportive of the US, both are scared of its neighbors, and some of the locals they control:

Emir of Bahrain praises the 'good fight' to liberate Afghanistan and calls for Palestine

THE Emir of Bahrain yesterday became the first Arab leader to call the fighting in Afghanistan a great war of liberation.

"I am so happy America and Britain are going into Afghanistan," he said. "Liberating it from this evil Taliban will only be good for women, men and children. It is a very good war of liberation.

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Arab states must ensure that the war against terrorism did not become a war of religions. "In Saudi Arabia and Yemen even a strange goat is suspicious, there is more resentment against the West. Here we are an island, we are used to different peoples, we must lead the way."

The Emir said the issue of a Palestinian state should not be mixed up with the war on terrorism. "It is nothing to do with bin Laden and his gang. I am confident that the two states, Israel and Palestine, will soon co-exist.

"It would be a great help to the allies if these two states were created quickly, to bring back the support of the Arab world that the West has lost. If we do the right thing in Afghanistan, we must also do it in Palestine."

So my theory was correct its outside agitators stirring up trouble not the locals( well partially I fingured the Saudis being the leading figures instead of the Iranians).