WEEKEND WRAP UP:

Fast moving front on several topics this weekend.

KUWAIT:

Kuwait's turn at another round of protest was attempted.

Like most 'Tunisian Virus' events, it takes several attempts to see if things can really get moving or not.

It will be interesting to see how the GCC reacts to any further events in Kuwait given Kuwait's somewhat reluctant attitude towards the GCC deployment to Bahrain.

The good King of Saudi may just let Kuwait simmer a little.

Is his way of thinking, it may be a good way to scare them back in to the fold.

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=211321  ( Kuwait)

SYRIA:

Assad continues to dig a deeper and deeper hole for the Syrian government.

Just when it looked like, to some people that is, he was gaining the upper hand, he allows his forces to go on a killing spree!! DUMB!! Perhaps fatal to his rule.

I was fairly convinced the murder of the 13 yr old Boy was going to grab some degree of traction and it appears it has accomplished exactly that.

You can call people names, you can label them, you can cast political umbrellas over them, but one thing stands true in this world.

99.9 percent of the people in this world are extremely emotional over the fate of children.

It may soon reach the point that Assad can simply not kill  people fast enough to keep ahead of the wave of public hatred.

War Crime / Crimes Against Humanity charges are not that far away, regardless of what Russian and China will support.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201164124745790709.html Syria

YEMEN:

It makes perfect since Saleh would travel to Saudi for treatment, but the opportunity to not allow him to return is huge for Saudi.

His status as a 'quest' could be extended by the King for a very long time.

The problem is, there will be no other government to fill the void.

Stack that on top of the events in Southern Yemen and Yemen is still going to go from bad to worse!

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/201164164346765100.html Yemen

ISRAEL:

Interesting that Lebanon is pressuring Syria and obviously Iran to limit the NAKSA day events, at least from the Lebanese border area.

That speaks to just how worried the Lebanese government, what government they have, is about their own stability.

People start getting shot, people start running around spreading rumors and the next thing you know Lebanon is reacting to its own crisis regardless of NAKSA Day events.

I would have loved to have been listening in on the phone when Iran got that call!

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=223612  Israel