...but internal insurrection is closer to them and more of a direct threat. The House of Saud (Sunnis) has been paying-off their people for decades, but there is unrest now because of dissatisfaction with the sharing of the nation's wealth. And the Shia/Sunni divide that has always existed there (with the preponderance of oil being in the Shia areas) is now worse. And the Syrian civil war -- so close and so instructive for potential rebels -- has brought the spectre of change and uncertainty to all the despots and tyrannical regimes. It probably even worries Netanyahu.
Bahrain and Yemen are both running hot for democracy and the Saudis see the handwriting-on-the-wall, even if others refuse to see it. Both the Saudis and Israel have benefited from the stability they've had up til now. And both have an interest in being able to put down internal factions which would surely become more of a threat should the Syrian rebels gain an upper hand in Syria -- which in-turn strengthens Iran's.
But as I said, your attitude doesn't surprise me anymore. Our callous indifference to the suffering of others is what got us here. I'm only acknowledging the reality for what it is. And I also realize that this will likely never change, especially when we continue to label ourselves as anything another than a human first.
Because without that as the predominant perspective, people can't muster any sympathy for ''the other.'' This attitude is like a virus that we pass-on, inoculating each generation with the diseases of racism, nationalism, capitalism, all kinds of ''isms'' that don't have a damned thing to do with being a decent human being and with respecting another person's right to exist.
But this is our choice. We choose this attitude and perspective, each of us.
- One by one.....
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