Pretty much the entire country is on the coastline, though the Libyans have certainly taken advantage of that to hide stuff down there.

Despite Bahrain's transgressions, Libya's have been must worse?

Also, Bahrain isn't likely to go into a prolonged civil war that will lead to prolonged oil shortages.

US polticians are really missing their oppurtunity to push "See THIS is why we need alternative energy!"

Guess that's the result of the Democrats overspending their political capital when they have it.

That's why Warren Buffet isn't ever afraid to have a lot of cash assets onhand all he time.  If you've got cash, you can always take advantage of a bargain.

Lybia might be worse but lots of civils are getting killed in Bahrain and this shouldn't be ignored. Especially after Saudis jumping into the bloody business.

I find it very hypocritical of Saudi to join UN in military operation against Gaddafi yet in Bahrain they do Gaddafi things themselves! This is so good and legitimate chance to take Middle East (and especially Saudis) resources under control, with all those protests everywhere in Middle East and Saudis oppressing it in their own country and Bahrain. Why US is totally silent about that and fucking up such a rare opportunity? Just because Saudi demonstrating their good side in Lybia? It's not like their support is desperately needed. RAF alone can bomb Lybia to hell, no problem with that.

Oh i compeltely agree.  I'm just saying that's the reasoning.  If it were up to me, the US would be pushing the UN to vote for support for those seeking democracy in all the nations with protestors.

I mean, this is the same UN that sent peacekeepers to the sites of Genocide, but then refused to give them permission to fire on the butcherers to save lives.  Basically just sending peacekeepers there to watch people be butchered.

last i saw security forces in bahrain have only being using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters...  which is different from murdering thousands, firing artillery indiscriminately at civilian targets, and dropping bombs on people...to cite a few of things that have happened in libya.  (yes there have been a couple deaths, but there is no systematic murder of them by the forces)

Yeah that's why there are killed and wounded  -.-

OT: Egypt started arming Lybian rebels! Fuck yeah, this is just great! Obviously bombing cannot be enough, and land operations against fucked Kadafi government is very much needed.

I wish Egypt could send some troops of their own to help rebels in these operations, even despite UN resolution. It still looks feasible though, especially in the light of their helping.

Rubber Bullets actually can kill people.    I mean, you get hit in the head with a baseball and you can die.

It's espiecally possible if the people firing are poorly trained or get overwhelmed, since theoretically you are supposed to fire at the ground and the bullets bounce up and hit people, if anyone gets directly it's very easy for them to die or get severe internal injuries.   Even from bounding up from the ground it's very possible to die.

Get hit in the head with a rubber bullet, and your in some SERIOUS trouble.

That's not even counting the people that could die from things like trampling.  Fire some shots in the air, people run... you've got two three people dead trampled as everyone else tried to save themselves.  It's even worse when you use teargas, because they might not even know they're trampling people.

It's totally possible to kill people with the nonleathal means we have currently.

Looks like Libya declared a cease-fire after seeing the writing on the wall.

Its a bluff. They've shown them still firing on the rebels after the supposed cease fire.