David Ignatius: Bahrain to U.S.: Stand up to Iran

Bahrain?s foreign minister has a pointed message for President Obama: You?ve denounced Iran?s plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington and warned that Iran ?will pay a price.? But what is the U.S. actually going to do about Iran to show that it?s serious?

?We?re asking the U.S. to stand up for its interests and draw the red lines,? Sheikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, the Bahraini foreign minister told me. He referred to Iran-sponsored attacks on American forces in Lebanon and Iraq and asked: ?How many times have you lost lives, been subject to terrorist activities and yet we haven?t seen any proper response. This is really serious. It?s coming to your shores now.?

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