They will then expect the Mahadi to come struttin' in like those old keep on truckin' posters.
Posted on 09/25/2012 4:03:18 PM PDT by drewh
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has given King Abdullah II notice that he has until October to bow to their demand to transform the Hashemite Kingdom into a constitutional monarchy or face "Arab Spring" style street pressure for his abdication. Middle East sources report that Israeli and Saudi intelligence watchers are becoming increasingly concerned about the approaching climax of the conflict in Amman between Islamists and the throne.
For Israel, an upheaval in Jordan bodes the tightening of the Islamist noose around its borders – Egypt and Libya to the south and Syria to the north, with unpredictable consequences with regard to Jordan’s Palestinian population.
Saudi Arabia, already threatened by Iranian aggression, fears the oil kingdom may be next in line if its northern neighbor is crushed under the marching feet of the “Arab Spring.”
The oil kingdom’s royal rulers are reported to have belatedly woken up to the peril and are in a panic. They realize that their preoccupation with helping Syrian rebels overthrow Bashar Assad misdirected their attention from the enemies lurking at their own door.
Thousands of articles in the Arab press in the past year have predicted that after the Muslim Brotherhood seizes power in Damascus, Amman would be next in its sights followed by Riyadh.
The Jordanian monarch has options:
1. He could bow to the main Muslim Brotherhood’s demand by submitting to the kingdom’s transition to a constitutional monarchy and the transfer of executive power to an MB-led government by means of the electoral reforms for which the Brothers have been pushing for years. In Jordan as in Egypt, the Brothers hope for a two-third majority in a free election.
2. He could stand up to the Brotherhood’s demands and order his security, intelligence and military forces to crack down on the opposition. This course carries the risk of plunging Jordan into the carnage of civil war among the diverse segments of the population.
The biggest dangers come from the Bedouin tribes, whose traditional allegiance to the Hashemite throne has weakened in recent years, and the Palestinians who form 60 percent of the population.
3. He could seek to negotiate a compromise through various brokers. Our sources report that several attempts at mediation have been ventured of late, but got nowhere because the Muslim Brotherhood sent its most radical leaders to the table and they left very little margin for compromise.
According to sources at the royal court, Abdullah will very soon meet with MB leaders for a personal appeal for calm after years of heated debate. Most observers believe that he has left it too late and by now the Muslim Brotherhood has got the bit between its teeth.
Indeed, according to an internal memorandum leaked to the Al-Hayat newspaper, the MB has already set a date for mass demonstrations against the King to start on Oct. 10 and ordered its members to go to work at once to mobilize at least 50,000 demonstrators for daily protests against the king and the royal family until he bows to their will.
The memorandum states: “Every member must be dedicated to communicate with his relatives, close friends, acquaintances, fellow employees and various Islamic groups and patriots…” It calls for the formation of “hotbeds to… focus on the participation of groups affiliated with universities, schools and women’s organizations.”
Protesters are also advised on tactics for overcoming a security crackdown. Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has therefore moved forward from opposition propaganda, debating and political pressure to activism against the throne. Both Jordanian camps are anxiously watching to see which way the wind blows in the White House.
President Barack Obama has a balancing act to resolve: On the one hand, the Jordanian king has long been a staunch American ally and friend, its mainstay in many regional crises. On the other, Obama regards the Muslim Brotherhood as the linchpin of his external policy of outreach to the Muslim world.
The Saudis might not protect the Jordanian King if their empire was at risk.
DrewH, I’m not sure if you’re kidding or referencing something I’m not aware of.
I know Iran stated they were going to help the Syrian leadership, but how are we involved? Are you referencing the Obama team, or your and my team here?
Guess being a king who’s a direct descendant of Mohammed only carries you so far with these f***s.
They will then expect the Mahadi to come struttin' in like those old keep on truckin' posters.
A couple of months ago I predicted Jordan would be the next domino to fall to the MB......
And I was listening to news out of Russia a couple of days ago, and they said that there is a growing movement to overthrow the government in Bahrain. They accused the King there of mass tortures worse than Saddam’s, theft from the people’s money, and general evilness.
Then the UAE will go, if 0bama and Huma get their way.
The oil kingdom’s royal rulers are reported to have belatedly woken up to the peril and are in a panic. They realize that their preoccupation with helping Syrian rebels overthrow Bashar Assad misdirected their attention from the enemies lurking at their own door.
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Do you suppose that decades of supporting their religious institutions teaching jihad and churning out future bin Ladens by the carload just might have been ill-advised.
So now they panic?
Idiots.
Saudi Arabia better step up, or their kingdom is next.
I also note that the demand letter to Jordan’s king makes it sound like the M.B. wants to get this over with while Obama can still help.
This is bad. Really bad. King Abdullah has been a strong ally of the US (as Middle East allies go). If the Brotherhood get rid of him...all bets are off.
You’re next Abdullah...
I think the Obama team is definitely helping the rebels, nothing to base it on or have verifable proof yet.
Entirely true. The Mid-East royals will stab us in the back when they can get away with it, but ultimately, they need us. Their lavish lifestyles last only as long as they are in power, and lately, the people are beginning to realize their blood runs black instead of blue.
Our system in Egypt was much better. We should have just broken all the ME borders and put the entire region under Mubarak.
Well that’s just great. I really admire him and beautiful wife.
Spring is in the air.
Brought to you by Obama’s family, from around the world...
More of our technology is going to get into the hands of lunatics.
Hey, new name for the region “Loonitica” , “LoonVille”...skip it.
There is going to come a point when we are going to have to play Cowboys and Moslems, again and support despots who will enforce peace in their fiefdoms...
Gonna be a huge Shit Sandwich and we are all going to have to take a bite...
This is bad. Obama, who is no doubt responsible for all this, turned out to be ten times worse than anyone imagined, if that’s even possible.
Bahrain is just waiting to blow up. With a huge shiite population, they’re being backed by Iran in their quest to overthrow the Khalifas.
I’m not sure what the situation in the UAE or Qatar is. They could realistically be next. Apparently, the only nation safe from this crap is Oman.
He ignored the Iran revolution, and instead chose to topple one of our biggest allies.
Took his lesson from Carter in toppling the Shah which has led to decades of problems.
An Israel surrounded is a dangerous Israel. The jihadis should think this through (which they won’t) or else Israel is going to find itself annexing an awful lot of territory at the end of this next war.
All of which means the GCC is highly motivated to assist in the destruction of Iran, moreso even than Israel
Yep, it isn’t that we get some 20-30% from these clowns but how much the rest of the world relies on them and what percentage they get from the ME, which is more than us.
If Mutt become President he needs to open the American Spigot and work ethic otherwise we are screwed.
The modern world can’t handle a breakdown in their economies as much as the atavistic world of the Middle East.
They just don’t rely on the number of things we do to live daily.
then again, we could FK them, starting with Egypt, and tell them “Now about that $1.5 billion we send you. Don’t worry about that but, our ships just won’t be delivering any more grain until you straighten up”.
‘ave nice day...
Since Oboma took office, people have been preparing for the worst. People can sense things, even though they may not be able to explain why or how they "know" something isn't right. An Oboma reelection will bring the world to it's end. Things will not be fixed by the same type of conciseness that created them.
If Oboma loses, the people of the world will still have a fighting chance to survive after the clean up, but many will starve or die trying to steal a meal from someone else. There will be no social programs available for the dependent democrat base. Obomas faithful followers will suffer the most. (They'll be reaping exactly what they've sown. They've sold their souls to the devil.)
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