I don't think that the gulf would be affected like north Africa, if you understand the culture of the gulf. Ok you are going to say what about Bahrain... If you'd like the answer why it will be quelled and not spread I can answer it through a pm. And Kuwait's uprising from a few years back was due to an invasion by another country. Not the populace. Yemen is a totally different history and situation. It has had unrest since day one....