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Posted on 07/13/2002 2:29:00 PM PDT by maquiladora
Thats the same question thats keepin Saddam awake every night.
Hardly surprising when you consider it's proximity to Scud Alley and the dangers that area has regarding attacks on Israel.
No man should have so much fun.
Notice this? :
Some 5,000 Jordanian soldiers, all of Jordanian rather than Palestinian descent and mostly from the Bani Hassan tribe, have been selected for special training and missions behind the lines.
Interesting.
That would be sweet.
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Interesting.
Interesting, but not all that surprising in light of the fact that arafat and the PLO almost toppled King Hussein's regime during the "Black September" events of 1970. At that time US units were waiting the "go" signal if needed to snatch Hussein's chestnuts from the fire. It seems that everywhere that arafat has stayed, he has fouled his nest. Seems like a sensible and prudent precaution to me.
It is quite safe from Saddam's pitiful little band,an entire Legion of my best troops awaits them....
Jordan on the other hand, would be more of a normal trading partner who we do business with because we want to and on good faith. Oil is not an issue between Jordan and the US. Our relationship can be built on rational mutual interest and our patronage of their nation will be a big boost for them economically and politically as well. Jordanians, I believe, will come to like this new role of themselves as "powerbrokers" in ME affairs.
Saudi's influence will decline and eventually the radicals will take over there and reduce the country to a Pakistan/Afghanistan. They will gradually find themselves in the new position of being isolated from the world. As the radicals get more extreme and bellicose, they will get to see first hand how the Iraq treatment works when applied to them.
I think Bush is doing a brilliant job and his background in the oil bidness is definitely a plus. The lefties just don't understand how important- how vitally, strategically important oil and the uninterrupted flow of cheap energy to our country is- but Bush understands this all to well. What's he been doing since 9/11? Sorting out this infrastructure mess that was in the way of us being able to rely more on other sources of oil. Pipe lines are being built left and right, tankers are starting to flow and behind it all the architect that the historians will remember- George W Bush, a man his enemies consider too dumb to read a book. Poetic justice. Bush will probably go down as one of the greatest presidents of all time.
I think too, Bush is seeing Jordan as crucial in the whole Palestinian/Israeli situation and expects them to be bigger player in that as well. I think he already has something lined up there- but hasn't let slip yet what it is. He's a good poker player, keeps his cards close to his vest.
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