BAHRAIN; SO WHAT DID STANDING DOWN GET THEM?

Don’t’ believe for a minute the leadership in Bahrain has decided to negotiate with the Shi.

Lifting the emergency was nothing more than a simple placating   move to the ‘powers’ who are questioning Bahrain’s actions.

The problem  was the Shi knew it was coming.

They wasted no time stepping  back out into the streets and unfortunately, the Bahrain Police pickup right where they left off as well!

There is one real difference.

The ‘Peninsula Shield Forces’ are still in Bahrain and will be for the foreseeable future.

That message is still out there for Iran to see and think about.

Bahrain’s leadership may have taken anther factor into consideration, other than showing the West they were willing to give in to some degree.

It could be the GCC saw an opportunity for Bahrain to relax just a little given the situation in Syria was sucking up all the bandwith / Media.

It could also be the GCC and their ‘friends’ might have wanted to ‘smoke out’ potential Iranian instigators by letting them take to the streets again.

Sometimes one has to make a move in order to see one’s opponent’s next move!

Where events in Bahrain go now is an issue that will need to be watched.

Again, the media eyes are on Syria and Yemen and Al Jazeera is not over zealous about covering events in Bahrain as long as the deaths are avoided.

If Bahrain did it’s homework over the past two months, the authorities may have an idea of who needs to be watched and who may need to be brought in for ‘ questioning’!

Is Bahrain out of the woods?

Absolutely not!!!

Yet, if they can manage to stay the fourth level story for the media behind, Syria, Yemen, Libya, then they may have bought themselves a period of time and who knows what will happen in the Middle East over a short period of time.