Here's a quote from a piece from the Vietnam Times:
http://story.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/746316/cs/1/"The Bahrain government has openly recuited ex-pats for its armed forces from places such as Pakistan, Yemen and Jordan.
"Unlike Egypt, where the Egyptian people have a close rapport with the military, in Bahrain the defence force is reviled with many locals regarding the military as mercenaries."
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Compare this to the US Armed Forces' recruitment of foreigners and gang members.