NationStates Jolt Archive

Oh yeah, Al-Zarqawa really screwed the pooch this time.
The prime minister of Jordan has resigned, and the King has appointed the security chief to the post. And he has given him one directive. Stop the terrorists AT ALL COSTS.
I see a swing in the direction of the war, ladies and gents. We have a new friend, and they seem to be as serious as we are.

Note to terrorists. Don't blow up the only people who support you, ya dumbasses!

NOTE- I didn't post my source, because people will invariably call it biased, so thank the moonbats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbat) for having to look it up yourself!

Oh yeah, Al-Zarqawa really screwed the pooch this time.
The prime minister of Jordan has resigned, and the King has appointed the security chief to the post. And he has given him one directive. Stop the terrorists AT ALL COSTS.
I see a swing in the direction of the war, ladies and gents. We have a new friend, and they seem to be as serious as we are.

Note to terrorists. Don't blow up the only people who support you, ya dumbasses!

NOTE- I didn't post my source, because people will invariably call it biased, so thank the moonbats for having to look it up yourself!

Ummmm, but Jordan has been a friend to the US in the Middle East for years and has been at peace with Israel for about as long. It's one of the most modern countries in the region, too, and also one of the more westernized. That's why the terrorists hit it.

Nothing new has happened at all here, except that Amman got hit for the first time. Jordan has never been accused by anyone of sponsoring or supporting terrorism.

Oh yeah, Al-Zarqawa really screwed the pooch this time.
The prime minister of Jordan has resigned, and the King has appointed the security chief to the post. And he has given him one directive. Stop the terrorists AT ALL COSTS.
I see a swing in the direction of the war, ladies and gents. We have a new friend, and they seem to be as serious as we are.

Note to terrorists. Don't blow up the only people who support you, ya dumbasses!

NOTE- I didn't post my source, because people will invariably call it biased, so thank the moonbats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbat) for having to look it up yourself!
A source would really be nice, but yeah I hate it when people cry "biased!" when they don't feel like refuting an argument.

Good news anyway. The nations of the middle east are gradually coming around to help the West get rid of terrorism.

Ummmm, but Jordan has been a friend to the US in the Middle East for years and has been at peace with Israel for about as long. It's one of the most modern countries in the region, too, and also one of the more westernized. That's why the terrorists hit it.

Nothing new has happened at all here, except that Amman got hit for the first time. Jordan has never been accused by anyone of sponsoring or supporting terrorism.
I'm not saying that Jordan was ever "not our friend", just that now it's personal, and they will be steeping up their efforts, and using their police and troops more.

A sizable portion of Jordan's citizens supported Zarqawi, and that made it hard for Jordans king to really crack down, but Zarqawi, in his infinite stupidity, just took down the kings last hurdle. Now Jordan can really step it up.

A source would really be nice, but yeah I hate it when people cry "biased!" when they don't feel like refuting an argument.

Good news anyway. The nations of the middle east are gradually coming around to help the West get rid of terrorism.
My source is the Fox news channel, but I doubt many people watch it, cause they are too busy getting blown up soldiers and nazi bush comparisons shoved up their asses.

I'm not saying that Jordan was ever "not our friend", just that now it's personal, and they will be steeping up their efforts, and using their police and troops more.

A sizable portion of Jordan's citizens supported Zarqawi, and that made it hard for Jordans king to really crack down, but Zarqawi, in his infinite stupidity, just took down the kings last hurdle. Now Jordan can really step it up.

My mistake. I thought that "new friend" implied that they weren't our friend before (despite the fact that the last king was married to an American, who is the cuirrent king's mother, and who is wildly popular among Jordanians).

BTW, Zarqawi left Jordan because he wasn't popular there. He's never had a lot of support inside of Jordan, and has always been considered an extremist. Most Jordanians aren't extremists, and, again, the country has never been a hotbed of terrorism.

Someone asked for a source of this news. Here you go:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/24/jordan.government.ap/index.html


Although as someone pointed out earlier Jordan has been a close ally to the US and the west. This is still important for them to announce.

Someone asked for a source of this news. Here you go:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/24/jordan.government.ap/index.html


Although as someone pointed out earlier Jordan has been a close ally to the US and the west. This is still important for them to announce.
Thnk ya kindly, sir. *tips his hat*

Ever since Arafat and his gang turned on the state of Jordan itself (which led to the infamous "Black September") Jordan has been quite wary of islamists who threaten the state.

Not that they try their best to stop islamists who target other states though, but still Jordan is relatively better when compared to the Sauds.

Ever since Arafat and his gang turned on the state of Jordan itself (which led to the infamous "Black September") Jordan has been quite wary of islamists who threaten the state.
Arafat wasn't an Islamist.

Jordan's moderate position is somewhat traditional for the royal dynasty that rules the country. The Hashemites were always fiercely nationalist, yet extremely pragmatic, and tended to favor cooperation over conflict. They regarded the Islamists as an enemy ever since the Wahhabi armies began attacking Hedjaz in order to gain control over Mecca and Medina. Emir Feisal of Hedjaz warned about the dangers of radical Islam as early as the late 1910-s. The late king Hussein was an active proponent of peace with Israel and cooperation with the Western world.

In Jordan, the Hashemites always promoted nationalism, with slogans like "Jordan first", and never fully subscribed neither to pan-Islamic nor to pan-Arab ideologies. As a result, Jordan is somewhat "isolationist" in terms of Arab League or OIC politics, and the population's loyalties are more nationalist than religious or tribal.

Anyone else a tad worried by the 'at all costs' doctrine?

The real positive from this is the shift in public opinion out there which seems to have swung hard against the hardline terrorists. All the better say I.