Saudi and the Arab Spring
Very interesting documentary if anyone is interested
'Frank Gardner's Return to Saudi Arabia' - BBC full documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIr6lC62ViM
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner returns for the first time to Riyadh, the city in Saudi Arabia where he was shot by Al Qaeda in 2004 and left dependent upon a wheelchair. Travelling in this important and mysterious country, he explores how it has so far avoided an Arab Spring revolution.
Iraq is an awesome example of western style of liberation and democracy.
Gulf was never a peaceful region. Gulf politics always has been about one gang suppressing other gangs & ruling the country with the help of military power of America. That's what was keeping gulf peaceful. Now when gangs like Al qaeda have become difficult to control, America is withdrawing her influence in this region & so you see the Democratic chaos of this region. Nobody can help the situation in gulf. It is inevitable
Like britexpat I too have seen many changes in and around the Gulf, Iraq and Iran,now you have Egypt and Syria into the bargain.
Syria begging for weapons raping their own women, probabley 70.000 now dead and millions displaced - kidnapped UN helpers etc etc., Pakistan killing girls who want to be educated apart from being unable to control the Kyber Pass into Afghanistan (which by the way was and is an infamous are for weapon traffikers and drugs etc. also attacking and murdering non Muslims, Egypt now Killing Coptic Christians and the general public now hating the Muslim brotherhood, Lybia in chaos with many tribal leaders looking for power, Iraq the same thing millions murdered by tribal gangs Tunisia murdering opposition leaders, Yemen in complete chaos.
Please tell me how the Arab Spring has brought peace to the Arab world and why any one would believe the that you are all seeking a better life - moreover, how you want to change the lives of all these millions of civilist for the better. I am baffled about the word impieralist from people who seem never to have to been in a war nor a revolution. If you don't believe in the improvements made here in the Gulf to keep their people and foreigners safe, I would suggest "pick up thy gun and go home" fight for your beliefs and country as well your freedom, because the Arab Spring has neither brought freedom nor peace anywhere just the opposite.
This is such a sad story, don't even know why I'm watching this. ):
Keep it up Frankie,nice to see a former terrorists victim in his wheelchair make documentaries about how wonderful religious theocracies are.
The highlight of the docu: Bystanders took pic's with their mobile phones, but offered no help.
Yup, why should they help you? in their eyes you're just the Kufar from the West.
major change in perspective takes time .. hope for positive outcome although it's slow ..
Brits and Americans should stop deciding what is right and what is wrong! Killers of a million in Iraq and Afghanistan. Imperialists.
& ksa suppport terrorists as well
...think so, qatar support terrorists like fsa
As someone who has worked in Saudi on and off, I have witnessed the changes. They are slow, but they are there. Society has changed and is evolving. Not as fast as we may like, but it is moving in the right direction.