Libya is not the country you should be most concerned with in the middle east crisis.

As Libya trumps the news broadcasts from CNN to Fox, there is another country that is more vital to western interests. It is strategic for a number of reasons, not the least of which, is the potential for a shift in the balance of power itself in the middle east.

Bahrain is a buffer between Iranian and Saudi power in the middle east. It's future may affect a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. The United States 5th Fleet has a base in Bahrain. The withdrawal from Iraq, and U.S influence could well be affected by whoever reigns over Bahrain in the immediate future.