Bahraini Protesters to Obama: Foreign Troops Unleash Violence Against Bahrainis And Claim to Have American Green Light!

Bahraini women fighting an absolute monarchy backed by the US

Below is an open letter from some of the protesters in Bahrain to US president Obama. When the class struggle breaks out on to the open, many truths are laid bare.  Workers here in the US that talk of the great American revolution against a feudal colonial power need to continuously remind themselves that the US government along with two of its stooge regimes, the Kuwaiti's and the Saudis are defending an absolute monarchy against people fighting for democratic rights and a republic. These are the very same ideals that  the were important to the best elements int he American Revolution.  There are 30,000 US troops in Bahrain. The advanced capitalist countries will not bring democracy to the Arab world.  Only the an independent working class movement can do that.(Facts For Working People)


Bahraini Protesters to Obama: Foreign Troops Unleash Violence Against Bahrainis And Claim to Have American Green Light!

Mar 15 2011 by Jadaliyya Reports
[This is a public letter addressed to US President Barack Obama from by protesters in Bahrain under the name “Movement of 14 February.” The letter was circulated on March 15, 2011]

Mr President,

You certainly know about the Saudi and other gulf troops arriving to Bahrain to aid the government in clamping down the peaceful protesters. If you can find any legal, logical or ethical justification for this intervention, can you find any justification as well to them forming thugs attacking peaceful Bahrainis in their own homes and villages, killing them with live rounds, intimidating women and children in these areas, and boasting themselves with a "claimed" American green light!!

Mr President, having listened to your addresses in many occasions, we find it difficult to believe that you and the United States could stand by in such an inhumane and resentful situation that Bahrainis are witnessing today, for the simple sin of peacefully claiming civic, political and human rights. We urge you Mr. President to take a position that will be remembered by your own people as well as the Bahraini people and all peoples in this miserable region of the world.

We ask for a clear and firm stance from the US administration towards the ill-intentioned, arrogant and murderous actions of the Bahraini regime with the help of neighboring Gulf regimes.

This is the outcry of peaceful Bahraini protesters, and we heartily hope that it will meet your wise and just support.

Movement of 14 February