major step up for iranian power in the region. i think we have to watch that very carefully. bill: now, say iran does dominate bahrain, now we have the fleet in there, the u.s. fleet is anchored off the coast of bahrain. what happens i mean, does that mean oil is going to be more difficult to get? why should we care? well, for example, the government of bahrain, different government, might order the u.s. fifth fleet out of there. and we don t have all that many to go to. kuwait has limited port facilities. we could go there. but kuwait also has a shiite. if it turns into a rising of shiite notice gulf region the entire region could destabilize. the country to watch is saudi arabia. nothing has happened there yet. it has a substantial shiite minority. if that starts to move, then we are looking at earthquake in the region. bill: yeah, the saudi arabians are like the iranians in a sense that their security
major step up for iranian power in the region. i think we have to watch that very carefully. bill: now, say iran does dominate bahrain, now we have the fleet in there, the u.s. fleet is anchored off the coast of bahrain. what happens i mean, does that mean oil is going to be more difficult to get? why should we care? well, for example, the government of bahrain, different government, might order the u.s. fifth fleet out of there. and we don t have all that many to go to. kuwait has limited port facilities. we could go there. but kuwait also has a shiite. if it turns into a rising of shiite notice gulf region the entire region could destabilize. the country to watch is saudi arabia. nothing has happened there yet. it has a substantial shiite minority. if that starts to move, then we are looking at earthquake in the region. bill: yeah, the saudi arabians are like the iranians in a sense that their security
major step up for iranian power in the region. i think we have to watch that very carefully. bill: now, say iran does dominate bahrain, now we have the fleet in there, the u.s. fleet is anchored off the coast of bahrain. what happens i mean, does that mean oil is going to be more difficult to get? why should we care? well, for example, the government of bahrain, different government, might order the u.s. fifth fleet out of there. and we don t have all that many to go to. kuwait has limited port facilities. we could go there. but kuwait also has a shiite. if it turns into a rising of shiite notice gulf region the entire region could destabilize. the country to watch is saudi arabia. nothing has happened there yet. it has a substantial shiite minority. if that starts to move, then we are looking at earthquake in the region. bill: yeah, the saudi arabians are like the iranians in a sense that their security
protesters? from what we can tell and as you know journalists are banned and we re relying on reports from human rights watch and other observers, there has been less violence, very little so far in tripoli. in benghazi and coastal areas we re very concerned about error of security forces firing on peaceful protests. let me ask you about bahrain. we look at some of the scenes out of that country just over the causeway from saudi arabia. also where the u.s. fifth fleet sits. the main center square and the capital, security forces have withdrawn from there. the united states has to be exerting a certain amount of influence to get the government there to step back and step away from a violent crackdown. we ve been very clear with our partners in bahrain that they taught exercise restraint, that there s no place for violence against peaceful protesters there or anywhere else and we ve condemned that violence. we had outreach from president obama, national security
moammar al gadhafi killing protesters? from what we can tell and as you know journalists are banned and we re relying on reports from human rights watch and other observers, there has been less violence, very little so far in tripoli. in benghazi and coastal areas we re very concerned about error of security forces firing on peaceful protests. let me ask you about bahrain. we look at some of the scenes out of that country just over the causeway from saudi arabia. also where the u.s. fifth fleet sits. the main center square and the capital, security forces have withdrawn from there. the united states has to be exerting a certain amount of influence to get the government there to step back and step away from a violent crackdown. we ve been very clear with our partners in bahrain that they taught exercise restraint, that there s no place for violence against peaceful protesters there or anywhere else and we ve condemned that violence. we had outreach from president