Sohrab Ahmari

But at any rate, there are Shiites in Bahrain, there are Shiites in Saudi Arabia, there are Shiites in Pakistan.

There are Shiites in Lebanon, of course.

And so that's where I think the immediate terror threat to U.S.

facilities, U.S.

citizens, U.S.

interests are.

Again, I think it's one of several consequences that weren't thought through.

Certainly when I saw images of attacks on the U.S.

embassy in Baghdad, U.S.

facilities in Erbil and

And Basra, these are places in Iraq.

That's one of the areas where I just thought, like, did they think this through that there's, you know, Bahrain, for example, U.S.

ally is actually a minority state.

It's it's only 20 percent Sunni and they rule over 80 percent Shiites.

So if the Shiites there get angry, is Bahrain stable?

Probably, and it'll take a great deal of repression.

But just, you know, it's one of those Pandora's boxes that I don't think should have been opened willy-nilly.

And I think they did it based on vibes and the kind of false assurances of...

Men like Bibi and men like Lindsey Graham here in the United States.

Not so much anyone even in the cabinet, I think.