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2015-02-04 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

After ISIS execution, angry King Abdullah quotes Clint Eastwood to U.S. lawmakers

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp0034 2015-02-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 So ISIS pissed off the Jordanians?

Stand back folks and buckle your seat belts.

I wonder if whatshisname is bothering to take calls from King Abdullah while he is hiding under his desk in the oval office?

Posted by mystic 2015-02-04 00:04|| 2015-02-04 00:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I am right in thinking that it was the Hashemites that the Al-Sauds' defeated in the early 20C for stewardship of Mecca and Medina? And that they're known for a more 'moderate' Islam (oxymoron I know)?

Didn't .com have a plan around having the Hashemites take control of Mecca and Medina and a new country of 'Eastern Arabia' (going from memory here, it was a long time ago and I don't think .com posts here any more) looking after the oil?

Ah well, we can dream can't we?

I agree with you mystic, it's going to be quite a ride...

Posted by Tony 2015-02-04 05:42|| 2015-02-04 05:42|| Front Page Top

#3 No stranger to Fort Bragg, Jordan's King Abdullah is an accomplished parachutist, marksman, and ardent admirer of U.S. Army Special Forces. It will be interesting to see how these events sort out.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-02-04 05:55|| 2015-02-04 05:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Tony. You are right. The Hashemites as supposedly direct descendents of Muhammd don't ned to play the "Muslimer than thou" the Saudis are forced to play.

In the whole "Seven Pillars of wisom" Lawrence of Arabia wrote single sentence about the Seoud/Wahabis "That (name forgotten) region was home to the fanatical and dangerous Wahabis". By the standards of the Hashemites, Lawrence was used to wahabites were nuts.

Posted by JFM 2015-02-04 07:43|| 2015-02-04 07:43|| Front Page Top

#5 I remember you now, used to be TonyUK a long time ago.

Posted by Shipman 2015-02-04 07:52|| 2015-02-04 07:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't think .com posts here any more

PD.com died some years ago, Tony, which no doubt to his frustration has greatly reduced his posting.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-02-04 08:49|| 2015-02-04 08:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Nothing wrong with killin', so long as the right people get shot.

Posted by Raj 2015-02-04 08:58|| 2015-02-04 08:58|| Front Page Top

#8 The last time Jordanians and Syrians got into a tussle, the fight was basically a draw - in the course of the Black September in 1970. The Jordanians managed to push them back out of the country and kept the Syrians from reinforcing the Palestinian rebels, but the Hashemite ground troops got knocked around pretty badly in the course of the fighting. They won primarily because the Jordanian air force smothered the Syrians and the usual half-assed Arab attitude ("we can pretend we're not actually invading if we just send in the army and keep the air force out of it!") kept the Syrian air force from being committed. Jordan's reputation for military prowess by Arab standards is largely the fading memory of the old British-commanded Arab Legion, which hasn't been an institution for almost sixty years now.

In short, don't expect them to be any more effective than the modern Egyptian military.

Posted by Mitch H. 2015-02-04 11:33|| 2015-02-04 11:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks for the clarification JFM - very helpful.

Crikey @Shipman - I'm very flattered by that :)

Very sad to hear that TW, I learnt a huge amount from his posts.

Posted by Tony 2015-02-04 14:46|| 2015-02-04 14:46|| Front Page Top

#10 I thought this pilot was a part of Obama's "American led" Arab coalition. If so, where was the search and rescue effort?

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-02-04 15:21|| 2015-02-04 15:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Nothing wrong with showing what a King should act like.

Refreshing.

Now lay off the Temple Mount.

Posted by newc 2015-02-04 15:34|| 2015-02-04 15:34|| Front Page Top

#12 "So I've got Mr. Obama sitting here..."

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-02-04 16:13|| 2015-02-04 16:13|| Front Page Top

#13 Is an 84 year old man too old to be Secretary of Defense?

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-02-04 17:21|| 2015-02-04 17:21|| Front Page Top

#14 The King has a good brass pair...

Posted by BigEdLB 2015-02-04 20:30|| 2015-02-04 20:30|| Front Page Top

#15 Mitch, I have been over there in the recent past, and I think your statements are a little overblown. Check into what hte US Military Liaison mission has been up to for the past 4 years.

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