March 19, 2011

The Obama Administration Adapts Its Israel Talking Points For Bahrain And Saudi Arabia

The Obama Administration Adapts Its Israel Talking Points For Bahrain And Saudi Arabia
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
The Race For Iran
Published: March 16, 2011

Today, the White House confirmed, see here, that it was “aware, obviously, of the invitation” extended to Saudi Arabia to invade Bahrain. But U.S. government officials continue to decline to say what Secretary of Defense Gates said or did not say to his Bahraini interlocutors 36 hours before Saudi Arabia’s military offensive. And, U.S. government officials have refused to call for the removal of foreign troops from Bahrain.

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