[Illbay]

I agree that the Palestinians are supporting Saddam, and ought to pay the price.

But in fact the Jordanians are ALSO supporting Iraq. We have found Jordanian military hardward (including artillery rounds), and there are many Jordanians in Iraq fighting for this fascist regime.

Jordan has supported Saddam in return for subsidized oil. There hands aren't clean, even though we are ostensibly "friendly" with them.

RULE OF THUMB: The U.S. has no "friends" in the Middle East.

[hchutch]

I count two friends in the MidEast:

Israel and Kuwait.

A free Iraq will be #3. The UAE, Qatar, Jordan, and Bahrain are countries we can work with - and are of little concern at the present.

[Asher]

"RULE OF THUMB: The U.S. has no "friends" in the Middle East."

Given you are culturally predisposed to hate Jews I guess that would be your opinion. However, we can rest easy in the knowledge that outside of your family circle your own little opinion counts for exactly zero.

[goody2shooz]

King Abdullah of Jordan's Queen is a Palestinian. What would you expect?

They probably both hate America, a fact evident by their driving Queen Noor out of Jordan (she is now back home in the U.S.).