'US props up Bahrain military trials' Interview with Ralph Schoenman, Author of "Hidden History of Zionism", Berkeley http://www.presstv.ir/detail/185373.html

Ralph Schoenman: Because the United States not only depends upon the regimes such as that of the monarchy in Bahrain but is the primary prop and the master of proceedings. US imperialism requires these repressive countries and regimes in the case of Bahrain and the Emirates, these futile Sheikhdoms, to suppress the population and to facilitate the theft of the oil and natural resources of the countries for the benefit of US Corporations.

That is why these regimes are in place and after all in Bahrain, in particular, this is the headquarters of the US fifth fleet, the launching point for the aggression of the United States against Iraq and Afghanistan and all of the weaponry that has been used by the invading Saudi [Arabia] and Gulf forces is US weaponry, from the jet planes, the F-16s to the attack helicopters to the especial elements and to the nerve gas and chemical weapons that have been used against the population.