The “Pentagon” is restricting US policy towards Bahrain

Despite repeated complaints by former US President Barack Obama about the violations committed by the Bahrain palace against opponents, the palace was able to repel those convictions with the support of Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, and the militant wing against Iran in Washington. But the most important support was and continues to be the close relationship between the palace and the Ministry of Defense (the Pentagon), a fundamental actor in the formulation of the US strategy towards Manama, which brings the inhabitants of the White House and their delegates closer to each other. eyewitnesses, or expressing wishes, rather than their ability to establish. An implementable policy, if it is about what Manama should do, and it is not clearer that the “Pentagon” allowed Saudi forces to enter Bahrain in 2011, contrary to the calls of US diplomats (see article: Raid Saudi in Bahrain: No Replies in Hillary’s Messages). Overall, the “Pentagon” plays the most important role in shaping Washington’s vision for various Gulf countries, especially those that host US bases, including Qatar, which survived a military invasion in the summer of 2017 thanks to its deep relations with the “Pentagon”. His generals appreciate that Doha is hosting a massive air force at Al Udeid air base.

Currently, Manama and other international capitals await the appointment of a new US ambassador by President-elect Joe Biden. The identity of the new ambassador will not necessarily reveal the traits of Washington’s policy, led by the Democrats, towards its ally, whom it considers falling into the clutches of the tweezers in the Gulf: Iran and Saudi Arabia. This is because the US diplomatic mission is of relatively modest importance to the Bahrain palace and contributes to a lesser degree in shaping Washington’s policy toward Manama, compared to the high position and essential role of generals in command of the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Manama. There is no American ambassador to the small islands, as Justin Hicks’ mission ended last summer, and he is the ambassador who was appointed by the losing president in the election, Donald Trump, and approved by the United States Senate in September. 2017. Amy Catrona plays the role of ambassador, and officially carries the status of deputy ambassador.

The Obama era saw the biggest violations, from killing dissidents to dissolving political societies.

Hamad bin Isa, King of Bahrain, awarded former Ambassador Cyril a first-class medal at the end of his term last July, a medal that was not awarded to two ambassadors appointed by Obama and other US ambassadors, some of whom they suffered surveillance, harassment or marginalization by the “government of a state”. Ally and small ”, which should attract attention. Therefore, the Bahrain medal given to the last American ambassador can be seen as a kind of thanks to the policy of Trump, who will leave office next January, and who gave the green light to the King of Bahrain to track down and kill the Bahraini opposition forces, in a meeting that brought the two men together in May. 2017 in Riyadh, followed by the assault by Bahraini security forces on the sit-in in front of the home of the spiritual leader of the majority Shiite in the country, Ayatollah Isa Qassem, whose nationality was revoked in 2016, and has been residing in Iran since February last year. Trump’s policy would not have ended if he had been met with a “veto” by the Fifth Fleet Command.
By way of comparison, he points out that Obama had appointed, in 2011, the diplomat Thomas Krajisky as ambassador in Manama, noting that the latter had been characterized by his relationship with the tension with the Bahraini palace, since he said: “The events of February and March 2011 they were carried out by Bahrainis expressing their opinion, and we did not see any evidence of Iranian incitement, and the protest movement is born in Bahrain, but we are concerned that the Iranians will exploit it. These statements were made by Krajsky during a traditional hearing preceding the accreditation of Washington’s ambassadors abroad, which was held in the Senate in October 2011. These statements reflect the views of the Obama administration, which used to criticize violations of human rights committed by the political and security apparatus of Bahrain towards the opposition, and advocated the so-called consensual dialogue. However, the Bahraini palace, which felt the pressure of pressure coming from the White House, managed to repel those convictions and requests for “Obama” dialogue, indicating the inability of the president, his foreign minister and his diplomats to unilaterally determine the paths towards the Bahraini question.
Thus, during the Obama era, the largest violations took place in Bahrain, from the murder of dissidents to the dissolution of political societies. The palace was able to kill opponents in light of its support for the Saudi axis and the “Pentagon.” This may explain why US ambassadors in Manama are vulnerable to thugs from a small country government. Krajisky was publicly reprimanded on several occasions and called out for his entire term, which lasted until 2014. Contrary to usual, the King of Bahrain did not receive the credentials of Obama’s second ambassador, William Rubik, who held the post. between 2015 and 2016, and of course he did not award him a medal. Robbek treated the opposition cautiously, fearing the palace’s wrath, while Karrajski, trying to distinguish between violence and peaceful demonstrations, exacerbated the palace’s wrath. However, his appeals were closer to the statements issued by “Amnesty International”, which annoy the government, but cannot become a policy on the ground. In the clearest images of the low position of American diplomats compared to the military, the Bahrain palace in 2014, in broad daylight, expelled the United States Under Secretary of State for Labor, Democracy and Human Rights, Tom Malinowski, who renews the question of the ability of American diplomacy to make a difference without convincing the leaders. Fifth Fleet.

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