Posted on 02/04/2015 4:50:43 PM PST by Gamecock
Jordan’s King Abdullah ibn al-Hussein, who has trained as a pilot, may fly a bomber himself on Thursday in the country’s retaliation against the ISIS.
Several Arabic-language newspapers reported late Wednesday that the monarch would personally participate in bombing raids on the terrorist group, citing his vow Tuesday to “strike them in their strongholds.”
The king was in Washington when news broke Tuesday of pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh’s demise at the hands of ISIS extremists. Meeting with the House Armed Services Committee shortly before leaving for Amman, he reportedly quoted the Clint Eastwood’s film “Unforgiven” and said that Jordan would pursue the jihadis until it ran “out of fuel and bullets.”
Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was in the meeting, told Fox News that given the ruler’s immediate and vehement reaction, “King Abdullah is not President Obama.”
Jordan, which has been a key American ally in the air war against ISIS, killed a number of ISIS-affiliated prisoners early Wednesday, as it had promised should Kasasbeh turn out to be dead, prior to the news of his immolation. Some have warned that the terrorist group deliberately deployed news of Kasasbeh’s fate in order to provoke a Jordanian overreaction. But public outcry in Jordan before and after the news seems to have pressured the government into a strong response, regardless of strategy.
Right you are. The king is a leader and has balls.... Obama, not so much on either.
Words in this situation just make Obama look like a coward to most of the world. But then again, we already knew that. Obama thinking that words are good enough is just displaying his total lack of military or national leadership, but then again, we already knew that too. Obama is just being Obama. He is still clueless, hopeless, politically lost, and ineffective on the world stage.
Obama does not know how the military works, and does not know how to work the military and is not interested in learning either. He has made that very clear.
Ah, he is just an 0bama wannabe.
He has a long way to go to beat King Biraq’s feat of HALO parachuting in through Bin Ladins’s bedroom window and dispatching him with his ninja sword.
This news comports well with my theory that this is a personal vendetta for a king who has been embarrassed in front of his people.
He’s been a pretty good ally, not talking him down. Whatever the reason for his hopeful strong actions, we’ll take it.
Arabs are big on symbolic actions, as I’m sure everyone knows by now. Strong horse and all that.
All Odungo needs for his ittle bike is the handlebar streamers. I think he’d do well with blue and silver sparkly ones. What do YOU guys think?
Take THAT, Putin !!!!
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Big deal, what communities did he organize. Come to think of it, what communities did BHO organize. They should be called community disorganizers.
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The other forgotten word and concept is
posterity.
Leadership at its finest!
And don’t forget the handlebar horn. Silver with the red rubber squeezer. LOL
And training wheels.
King Abdullah,
Godspeed and good hunting!
We are all your wingmen in this fight!
He needs a connection in TSA.
This kind of thing is becoming a trend.
“Young hitchhiker picked up by Uruguayan president”
Obama will be caught giving trannies rides home.
Reggie votes for rainbow streamers.
Please leave Michelle out of this discussion. ;-)
Little help? What are you talking about? Obama only played 9 holes of golf and Moochelle started a hashtag campaign. What else could they do? /s
Dude is the kewelest leader ever.
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