Dear Mr. President,
I have just recently learned of the event in Bahrain over the past year, namely the attempted revolution by the Bahrain people to gain basic freedoms and a parliament that represents them. The revolution was violently crushed by the ruling family with much aid from Saudi Arabia and the CCASG, all regimes the U.S. considers close allies. In many of your speeches you have stated that the United States supports those seeking freedom, but your actions in regards to Bahrain stand in stark contrast to your words. As a United States Citizen I implore you to at the very least voice a strong support for the people of Bahrain and condemn the actions taken by their government in smothering and covering up their calls for freedom. A message of support from you would call international attention to what has happened in Bahrain and show the people that the U.S. is their ally in freedom. A message from you could legitimize their struggle internationally and help initiate new reform talks so the people who have died fighting for their countries freedom will not have died in vain.
As the many revolutions across the world have recently shown, no regime can withstand it's peoples' call for freedom indefinitely. The American people are aware the Bahrain is a key Arab ally, which is why it vitally important to help them transition into a more democratic nation peacefully and with U.S. support instead of violently and against U.S. opposition. If the latter takes place we will have made enemies of friends, and shown the world that we only support freedom if it is politically convenient for us.
Thank you,
J. Garrett Frierson
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/2011/08/201184144547798162.html
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