Remember how President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that people had a right to peaceful protest in Egypt and other nations? How Libya's government had "lost legitimacy" by banning protests, shooting and locking up those who dared to speak?
Does anyone want to take a wager on how long it will take Obama and Clinton to say the same thing here?
"DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia (Dow Jones) --Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has banned all protests, marches and strikes in the kingdom after small protests continued over the weekend in the oil-rich Eastern province towns of al-Ahsa and Qatif, interior ministry said Saturday, according to state-owned channel al Ekhbariyah. These activities don't conform with the Islamic laws and harm the interests of the nation and the society, the Saudi channel quoted the ministry as saying. Any attempt to cause public disorder will be prevented by security forces, it said."
Free speech, or is that something we, as a nation, use only when it suits our financial interests? I would wager that this story will not be picked-up by the main-stream media.
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