Birthday Wish for 2019: Regime Change by Trump in Bahrain?

I might have hinted that my birthday wish for you this year, as in some past years, is that you abdicate. I'm feeling it again this year.

Of course that wish is for the event to be peaceful, with your considered consent and with the best possible outcome for Bahrain.

That outcome does not include the presence on the islands of the military and forces sent by your good friends and in-laws in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. As long as those thugs control Bahrain, there's no chance of peace. I wrote about this a couple years ago so, rather than rewrite in different words, the link to that post is below. 

I'd only change it a bit, anyway. Now I'd suggest to President Trump that the path to his much-desired Nobel Prize lies not in North Korea, but in bringing true representative leadership to the tiniest Arab country in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain. It could be a fine example in the neighborhood. It won't take long. Hell, it wouldn't take a hot breath for Trump to open your jails and appoint an acting president of the Republic of Bahrain, which the U.S. can recognize instead of your self-created monarchy. It could serve as Trump's Grenada.

You could still move your whole gang to Nadj, live the good life there, build same-size villas for all your wives, chase around the desert and then the Pakistani woodlands for bustards with your Jeeps and peregrines. 

Golly, I could even bake you a cake, freeze it and ship it to you every year for your birthday in Nadj. It's the least I could do after advocating your peaceful abdication as an aid to Trump getting the same award that Obama got and did not deserve. It would be good for you and the Nobel very good for Trump.

https://unfundedpundit.blogspot.com/2015/12/time-for-regime-change-in-bahrain.html

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U.A.E. Founding Father, Sheikh Zayed, Would Be Ashamed

2018 was declared the year of the late Sheikh Zayed, may he rest in peace. I think that he'd be horrified and ashamed of the well-publicized and the well-hidden activities of his son Mohammed, perhaps more than that of any of his other 17 sons.

Mother made lots of videos of Sheikh Zayed when the family lived in Abu Dhabi. She agrees with me. He would not want his name associated with what his sons are doing. (She's doing okay, got out of the hospital with a pacemaker last week. She sends her regards to you and Uncle Khalifa. I don't understand her, but you may pass it on directly if it suits you.)

There's more ... 

but I'm busy right now. Nevertheless, have a look at the hashtags and you'll know the content, maybe before I write it.

====== Apologies for the delay. There were cakes to be baked.

I believe with all my heart that Sheikh Zayed would never, ever have given his heart and soul to Israel in the circumstances, to have consorted with Bonesaw in the destruction of Palestine, allowing the theft of Jerusalem, threats to the Holy places and the contrived continuing slaughter of Gazans. He would reject the wicked plan of Sheldon Adelson and Netanyahoo, the No-Palestine-Peace-Plan, and he would see the paid-for support of that whining, lying, corrupt ninny in the White House is not for a just and lasting peace.

I believe that Sheikh Zayed would never, ever have promoted a war against Iran and told the U.S. it would join a silly "Gulf NATO" and apartheid Israel in an actual hot war. I don't believe that he would put the people of the Emirates at the risk of the actual missiles of Iran in sufficient numbers to cause widespread death and destruction. He would not have even made an attempt to convince the mentally ill Bonesaw that it's a great idea to demonize Iran and all the Shia, to sectarianize and contemplate a real war.

For what? Do you honestly think that a military attack on Iran by any of the players -- whether due to a false flag or fictional terrorist operation or as a result of a long-running ambition of the Israel-firster neocon crowd who've got Bolton, Kelly, Pompeo and others in place or for any other reason -- would overlook the U.A.E. in response? Do you think that the few missiles the Houthis have landed in the U.A.E. and KSA is the extent of damage to be expected in a war with Iran? Do you think Iran will suck it up?

(I suppose that you and the boys think Bahrain would be safe from retaliation because we've paid for and have got the Fifth Fleet there and the Brits have paid to move back in. How did that work out when Saddam Hussein fired a few SCUDS your way? I forgot.)

I don't believe for a minute that Sheikh Zayed, a man with multitudes of sons and daughters, would have supported the inhuman, filthy war that Mo Zayed is leading on behalf of fucking Bonesaw. I don't believe that he'd allow a son of his to deliberately cause the deaths and unbelievable conditions of the masses, the millions of people of Yemen wretchedly thin from planned starvation, to have committed war crimes intentionally, many times. It is demented. Imagine your spawn with just skin and bones instead of fat asses. 

(I am deeply ashamed that the U.S. military supports it. It is one of the worst policy decisions made by President Obama and carried on by the Pentagon to this day, but that's not the subject of this post.)

I do not believe that Sheikh Zayed would have entertained the thought of allowing Abu Dhabi to be known as the country who hired thousands of foreign mercenaries not just to fight the dirty war in Yemen, but now openly known to assassinate opponents. Hired killers who've murdered clerics and important members of Islah in Abu Dhabi, Dubai andYemen have made the front pages of the major newspapers here because some are American, which is illegal and will soon be a matter for investigation in Congress. 

And then there's the hired killers of Jamal Khashoggi, where they're all Saudis and the important members of the Killing Delegation are connected to Bonesaw. However, that assassination wasn't carried out or accompanied by U.S. mercenaries, no matter the oversight, if any. I guess that would be the "smoking gun" that nobody can find.

I do not believe for a minute that Sheikh Zayed would have provided diplomatic or other cover for the disgraced Bonesaw as you did, let alone be photographed smiling, handing that blood-covered thug gold medals for his crimes, which you did. Seeing that made me sick to my stomach, knowing how low you've stooped. Jesus, I hope you didn't kiss his nose. I'm very sure that Sheikh Zayed would not have.

There's more, but not tonight.








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Stop Defending Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

You need a new plan. 

You have defended in public the prince who orchestrated the gruesome torture and killing of Jamal Khashoggi. You've seen the pathetic and numerous responses of the Kingdom of Silence and Gold, and you know they are bull shit. (You're very familiar with cover-ups of political murders, but that's not the point today.)

The depth to which you've sunk in the slime of Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's depravity is stunning, to defend a sadistic, egomaniacal killer. He deserves no defense whatsoever. 

I know you've changed. I didn't recognize the man I loved when I saw you the last time. I truly wonder if you hate yourself for the man you've become, submissive to the killer prince.

You have the opportunity of a lifetime to redeem yourself right now, to stop being complicit in the cover-up and in the dirty ongoing wars. You could start with one step.

You could do it. You could get out of the fucking Al Saud slime. You can refuse to do Bonesaw's bidding, starting with no more gag-inducing P.R. for him. Again, he deserves no defense whatsoever.

I know that Trump is still defending Bonesaw while saying the cover-up is atrocious. Trump and his Jewish backers need Bonesaw for the anti-Palestinian, anti-Iran crusade and you know it. There's other military, economic and political reasons too numerous for here explaining why the U.S. and Al Sauds and Mohammed bin Zayed hold hands, dirty hands. You know all that, too.

I know that Bahrain has its hands out for cash from the Al Sauds and some of the U.A.E. sheikhs, and like Trump, for you it's all about the money. You will get it eventually, you have some leverage, but you could cancel the unneeded arms sales since Bahrain doesn't need to buy its U.S. protection. Remember? We pay your government for basing and facilities, we pay to upgrade them and have our own forces and material to protect. We're not leaving. So cancel those orders, use the funds wisely. You've got an opportunity right now -- while you look like a dirty, stinking, wet lapdog in front of the whole island -- to find and fund the most widely urgent project. Make amends!

You could ask Uncle Khalifa to return some of his corrupt gains since he seems to have got the lion's share. You, as the head of the family, could ask them all to start giving back instead of taxing non-family in more numerous ways every year. You could "find" funds buried in a budget somewhere to cover those returned by family since I know you won't do it openly. 

You can then wait for bigger financial help from your fellow dictators until Bonesaw is executed as he deserves under Sharia law.  Only the Khashoggi's could spare his life or the lives of those men who followed Bonesaw's orders via cellphone, Skype, WhatsApp or extra-sensory perception. They should not show him a bit of mercy. Khashoggi's life is the only life of thousands which Mohammed bin Salman has taken in Yemen and for which it seems possible he may be held accountable and face justice. 

Stop kissing the killer's ass, please. It's not a good look for you.



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Was protecting you a gift?

I wonder if you ever realized that this suggestion was a gift from me:  that we remove ourselves from outside and your car near the beach one night to inside a Yusef bin Ahmad Kanoo villa nearby. 

I said it was the sand and then the need for a shower afterwards, even while we had been eager at the car, outside the car to be more precise. You agreed and we moved inside the house where, you may recall, there was a small dinner party in honor of your Saudi friend Prince Bandar. Somebody lost something somewhere, remember? I do. Gulf Air stewardess. We all had a good laugh about who might find what was lost.

At least one of us was aware on the beach that night that Bahrain is a small island with a lot of eyes and very fast gossip. Your enemies could have had a field day. I stopped it that time. At least one of them was at the party.

Fake Coups, Phony Coups and Fictional Terrorist Operations

Past references have been made to the so-called 1981 Coup in Bahrain by many, including by newspapers, magazines and published scholars. Wikipedia has an entry. All that I have read paint the blame on Iran, which became the boogeyman after the 1979 revolution proved that a government in the Persian Gulf could be changed by the will of its people.

Of course, as you and the good Major are aware, I had and have an entirely different view from that which has prevailed in the public discourse. I discussed the event -- shortly after it occurred -- with the Major in a personal conversation at a famous and favored Chinese restaurant in Mayfair. He was rather surprised that I was aware of it, as the details of the event were, shall we say, reiterated? Those details had been closely held by those involved. Surprise!

I've been calling it the Fake Coup or the Phony Coup, here and elsewhere in public, for a good number of years while busy with daily life far away from what had been planned for me. The Fake Coup been a mere footnote in my written and unpublished work until last November. Now I'm dealing with a housing emergency and have to delay for a month or so finishing that lengthy project for publication.

However, today Google provided a translation of an important Saudi blogger's post which caught my eye and inspired this post. The translation is much more accurate and picturesque than "Fake Coup" or "Phony Coup" could ever be. Since the Interior Ministries of many countries in the world include the both police and all sorts of internal security services, it is typically Interior Ministry personnel who carry out fictional terrorist operations. The example cited today was such an operation in Tunisia carried out by the Interior Ministry, supported by Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E., to justify repression during the so-called Arab Spring and deposing of Ben Ali.

Isn't that a beautiful term? "Fictional Terrorist Operations." I could just say it again and again. It better describes a fake and phony coup. If I could write a poem or song in Arabic, which I can't, but if I could, I would write one repeating that word and finding lovely rhymes to accentuate the irony.

It would be no surprise that the family ruling a small island country like Bahrain would use the services of both Interior and Defense ministries in 1981, along with a wee bit of help from some special friends, to carry out a fictional terrorist operation. The surprise is that a detailed and well-wrought cover-up worked, so far, but apparently you were unaware of the identities of all the special friends.

Deceived and Abandoned

You are going to find out what it feels like to be deceived and abandoned. It was a stupid move; you're the easiest sacrifice.

You Are A King, Still Taking Orders From A Prince

Wonders ceased. Danny O'Leary was 100 percent correct. I am going to explain that. I've been working on the explanation, even though the substance has already been posted.

A so-called king taking orders from 30 year-old Dasher Bear instead of sending out the sappers.

Right now, there's a Seahawks game on. I'll get back to this later.

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?

The Principal

Remember those questions that I asked you at Safriyya several days after Saddam Hussein attacked Iran? I've wondered why you didn't ask me who wanted to know the answers. I never discussed it with anyone else on the island before asking you for the answers. No one. Yet you didn't ask who wanted to know what was going on with your boys at the old airport. You didn't ask who wanted to know about the decision-making. Did you think that I would know enough about what was going on in Bahrain in the fall of 1980 to come up with those questions just days after I arrived there?

It was the principal. Do you recall whom it was that sent me to the principal's office?

Phony coup. It's going to come out, you know.

At The Boltons

My guess is that you didn't know I'd been to your late and blessed mother's house in The Boltons. You know, the one next door to the late Saudi King Fahd's. The gigantic chandelier in the living room was beautiful, but, of course, ostentatious, as it belonged more suitably in a hotel or theatre lobby. (That's the problem with choosing interior designers who look only to the size of the budget rather than taste.)

Danny took me there the first time. I went with my daughter the second time. I wonder if the security video was kept. What do you think?

Who Are The Collaborators?

Do you not see the irony in putting people in Bahrain prisons for allegedly collaborating with foreign powers? Is that not what the Al Khalifa have done since they've been in power? Is that not what you still do? Is that not what Uncle Khalifa and the Khawalids do? Do you not collaborate with the Al Saud to oppress people not in agreement with you? 

Send The Khawalids with Nasser and Khalid to Yemen

So, mister self-crowned king, you're going to send two of your sons to show off their military skills in the Saudi's disastrous war in Yemen, according to an Al-Arabiya article today. So brave of you.

It would mean much more to the majority of Bahrainis if you'd send off the Khawalids to Marib as well, before the Hajj and the change in Saudi leadership upcoming. It will save the Khawalids from the necessity of kissing the nose of the "young general," the 28-year old displacing his older cousin to become the new crown prince, cleverly manipulating a father who, as we say, is a taco and enchilada short of a combination plate.

Birthday Suggestions

This year I offer some further suggestions for your birthday. First, you should pardon Sheikh Ali Salman of Al Wefaq today.

Next, send uncle Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman to Saudi Arabia and a glorious retirement with all his children, grand children and great-grand children. He deserves it and so does Bahrain.

Third, you should publicly confess and apologize for your role in the 1981 coup, along with those of Khalid and Khalifa, the so-called Khawalids. You know what you did. Bahrainis should know, too.

Finally, you should abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Salman in order to "spend more time with your families."

#FreeAliSalman

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Happy birthday, Hamad. Many happy returns.