Economist: 'The nervous Khalifas gave the podium to Syria’s Sunni opposition & kept Bahrain’s safely away with road-blocks defended by armoured cars!'

[Economist] "...And while giving the podium to Syria’s Sunni opposition, they kept Bahrain’s Shia ones safely away with road-blocks defended by armoured cars. Fittingly for a conference called the Manama Dialogue, Bahrain’s supposedly reformist Crown Prince launched the event with an appeal for an internal dialogue as “the only way forward”. But given that few of his subjects were present, it seemed primarily aimed for international consumption. ..."