I posted this in the British Politics thread:
I'm just about done with 'politics' now. If what it looks like is about to happen in Iran, really happens, that's it, I'm out for good then. It won't just be America, Britain will be dragged in to it. It's the Gulf.
Maybe not WWIII, but GWIII.
We have major interests in the region there and are also strengthening our stronghold geo-politcally. It goes way back to the time Bahrain was a Protectorate of our country, only to be relinquished in the 70's. Let me fact check that. About right.
I should probably take this to the Iran thread now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of...otectorate
The British signed two further treaties with Al Khalifa in 1880 and 1892,[69] putting the defense and foreign relations of Bahrain in the control of Britain[21] and turning Bahrain into a British colonial protectorate.[70] Following an incident in 1904, in which a relative of the ruler attacked Persians and Germans, the ruler agreed to place foreigner affairs in British hands.
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During the First World War, Bahrain was threatened again by Wahhabis, who re-occupied the eastern part of Arabia, Ottomans and Persian, both of which did not drop their claims over the island.[75] Britain responded to tightening its hold over Bahrain.[75] Bahrainis were not sympathetic with the allies, which the British attributed to their lack of attention toward Shia oppression and enforcement of reforms.[75] When war ended, Britain changed its policy in Bahrain from being cautious and giving advises to the ruler, to directly implementing reforms.[76]
For Wahhabis, read Saudis.
As soon as the Wahhabis were weakened by the Egyptian advance in 1811, Al Khalifa announced their alliance with Oman and paid tribute to it for two years.[7] Then, when Oman was weakened after their defeat by Al Qawasim, Al Khalifa announced their autonomy.[7] Al Jalahma's leader Rahmah bin Jabir, based in Khur Hassan opposed Al Khalifa who he held a deep grudge against.[6] He pirated their ships and supported their enemies until he was killed in 1826 in a dramatic battle.[6] In 1820, Britain then the dominant power in the region signed "General Treaty of Peace" with tribal chiefs including Al Khalifa.[8] By singing this treaty, Britain recognized Al Khalifa as "legitimate" rulers of Bahrain,[9] however Britain also gave Persians a claim over Bahrain, which they kept invoking until Bahrain's independence in 1971.
For Persians, read Iranians.
It's not just America that has their foot in the door in the Gulf and in Bahrain and Manama in particular. Britain is upping operations there, building on the base they already have.
UK to establish £15m permanent Mid East military base
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30355953
Britain is to establish its first permanent military base in the Middle East since it formally withdrew from the region in 1971.
Other links:
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/articl...in-bahrain
https://www.thenational.ae/world/bahrain...e-1.479101
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11...ously-enh/
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/anger...z-40-years
Bahrain is 70 percent Shia and they are ruled over by 30 percent Sunni Al-Khalifa despots, who like to shit on instagram whores. Islam is a sham and a mockery to them, only being useful to being a religious front to keep dissent down. It is a shallow hollow sham. These men are not of God or any higher calling. They are fucking camel jockeys whose father used to ride a camel, as will their sons. I paraphrase.
Bahrain is more Iranian than Saudi. That 70 percent Shia demographic means something. I doubt there is even 30 percent Shia in Saudi (I don't know).
Really, Iran should rule Bahrain. The majority would be happy with that. But it will never happen. Thanks to America and Britain. This is how it plays out when you fuck about with 'geo-politics'.
Bahrain is just too important. It's a massive oversized airstrip and stationary aircraft carrier for both America and Britain. If you get the joke about the UK being 'Airstrip One' then this is 'Airstrip Two'.
The British led a serious campaign of tortue to brutally put down any political dissent on the island. Ian Henderson and Dave Darby would use unique torture methods to crush opposition to the ruling puppets. Bottles up the arse, being thrown out of helicopters at height. People were disappeared every day in that country. They still are.
I researched the torture methods used. I read dozens and dozens of testimonies from people who had surived the torture or just witnessed it. There was a definite pattern.
Men would go missing at work. There one day and gone the next. Mothers and children missing fathers who just disappeared in to thin air. Nothing left, except the stories and the rumours...
If you doubt Ian Henderson's credentials, google his name along with the words 'mau mau' - he put down that brutal rebellion pretty quick. And it wasn't pretty either.
Let me google that for you:
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Ian_Henderson
Ian Henderson was a British citizen best known for his use of torture to put down the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya, and later the 1990s Uprising in Bahrain as an employee of the Bahraini government.
The Bahraini natives are not allowed to go to the beach. Even back then there was a beach where only white Europeans were allowed to go. The Sheik had a palace there. Rumour goes, that he liked nothing better than hot blondes to shit on him while he laid under a glass table. The rumours were rife. Fast forward many decades and we see the procilivity these scum bags have for scat.
Money talks and bullshit walks. When you can offer someone who takes your fancy 50K without batting an eyelid, well, you soon find out how faithful bitches are. Won't shit on me for 50K, how does a 100K sound? Not like I'm going to miss that spare change in my pocket.
Oil == Black Gold.
Bahrain has a bit of oil left, but its real purpose is as an airbase and port for the strongest navies in the world. Ok, maybe the UK is not such a fearsome naval force anymore, but we get by. You only need the odd floating airbase kitted out with the lates F-35's to cause a real ruckus. As late and as overpriced as they may be. It's still projection of power. And it's power you can use.
Iran has massive power. But they dare not use it. America and Britain can just put a fucking article in the Daily Mail about how Yemeni rebels funded by Iran sabotaged some ships, then they get carte blanche to bomb the shit out of whatever they like.
But like the proverbial rat, Iran will kick back at some point if they are cornered. This whole situation seems engineered just to escalate to that point. I hope I'm wrong.
On certain days you can walk down the street in Bahrain at Ashura. The streets run red with blood. Women and children line the streets and alleys. Men beat themselves with whips and knives drawing real blood. They aren't messing about. These are the Shia. Their frustration at their oppression driving them on further.
The whole region is a powder keg. It took the Saudis coming over in fucking armoured cars to crush the rebellion that happened in the Arab Spring of a few years back. Pakistani mercenaries from Balochistan (heard about the bombing there recently?) beat the natives all under the pay of the Sunni rulers. They fire tear gas cannisters in to the eyes and heads of the young children protesting. And once snatched, those kids are subjected to the same torture the adults are.
There is dissent and then there is discontent. And then there is goold old fashioned hate where you want heads on spikes. That is the current state of play politically in Bahrain. Where the US and the Brits have all their ships and bases. Hell, practically the whole southern half of Bahrain is cordoned off and is just a massive airbase. It is a very small country and island, but seriously overpopulated and densely packed. Comparable to Tokyo.
And if you want to talk about sexual frustration, they have a horde of young men that never even get their dick wet until in to their mid-twenties, if that. Gay for the day and Bend for a friend is the name of the game there. But don't think they are happy about it when their Sunni rulers get to shit on the finest whores in Paris and London.
Phew. Shit, nearly lost it there. Rewind...
So much more to be said.
I can only turn a blind eye for so long to the injustices my country metes out to other countries.
I'd be happy to be blind in both eyes if these injustices benefited my country and my people. But they don't. They only bolster the few.
That's a moral failing on my part, when I put it like that. And I have no easy anwer to it.
These people just can't help but stir the hornet's nest. They have to antagonise. And even though things aren't good and a lot of people aren't happy, they just have to go sticking the stick in to the buzzing nest one more time. Because they can.
I don't know how this ends. But the day is coming soon where that just won't be an option anymore.
This is another power play and it looks like it is going ahead. I hope I'm wrong. If I'm not, say hello to Gulf War III and hopefully not WWIII.
We live in
interesting dangerous times.
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