Photo of Hamad from summer, 1965

Yes, it is you. I shot this photo in Bahrain in the summer of 1965. So cute and chubby.

What about Qatari wife, your number 3, half-Qatari children?

Well, Hamad, you must have been in a real pickle since joining Mohammad bin Salman and the Al Saud's campaign against Qatar.

I've been thinking about this. Your wife Number 3 is from Qatar, from a family of a former desert king. She's the mother of Sultan, Hessa, Nura, Munira, Reema and maybe others. (I stopped counting your recognized offspring when their numbers reached one dozen.)

Of course, I have no idea if you've already divorced the Qatari lady and acquired yet another from, say, Saudi Arabia, the Sudairi line. Maybe you've kept her out of respect for the number of your offspring that she bore for you, including your deceased son, Faisal, may he rest in peace.

I determined a long time ago that you have no honor and you prove it almost weekly with your silly ass-kissing of that belligerent imbecile MbS and his ill-fated adventures. I wonder if he'll consider that in his stated quest to oust leaders over 40 years old of majority-Arab countries in the Persian Gulf, as reported by well-informed Twitter personality, Mujtahidd. You're too old to be the dictator of Bahrain in his youthful calculation and so are the Khawalids. Trump and the D.O.D. don't care as long as the naval and air bases on the island remain available to U.S. forces.

So, what have you done? Did you send Mrs. Hamad #3 back to Qatar with your half-Qatari children?

New Coup? Beaucoup coups.

Rumor has it that Nasser in Bahrain wants badly to play the role of Mohammad bin Salman. He's not corrupt, is he? He wouldn't carry out a coup against his own father and uncles, would he? He wouldn't get help from Khawalid, would he? Who is the Saad Hariri lightning rod?