The US to Lift Human Rights Conditions on Arms Sale to Bahrain

[theman111]

http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/29072
Ami Rojkes Dombe | 30/03/2017

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(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway/Released) - wikipedia

US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has decided to lift all human rights conditions on a major sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain in an effort to end a rift between the United States and a critical Middle East ally, according to administration and congressional officials involved in the debate.

Mr. Tillerson’s decision comes as the Trump administration looks to bolster Sunni Arab states in the Middle East and find new ways to confront Iran in the Persian Gulf. Bahrain is a key player in that effort, and home to the United States Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which patrols the strategic waterway.

The conditions on the sale of 19 new American fighter jets, worth $2.8 billion, had been imposed by the Obama administration amid continuing concerns about the Sunni monarchy’s crackdown against majority Shiites.
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/29072

 

[raptor22]

It means that Sunni monarchy’s crackdown against majority Shiites is over?
It's been obvious from the beginning that human rights is the last thing they care about.

 

[Steve781]

Promoting "human rights" in Middle Eastern countries is idiocy. What is needed is strongmen who will crack down the terrorists with an iron fist.