Jordan's king says it's `somewhat ludicrous' to intervene in Iraq while Israeli-Pal conflict rages

Associated Press / SFGate

[wimpycat]

Jordan's King Abdullah II finds "somewhat ludicrous" the idea of intervention in Iraq while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has the Middle East in turmoil.

With all due respect, that kind of thinking is what separates rinky-dink countries like yours from the big boys who make things happen.

[polemikos]

Jordan's king says it's `somewhat ludicrous' to intervene in Iraq while Israeli-Palestinian conflict rages

Glad to see he's looking out for the best interests of the US... ;->

[dighton]

Jordan's King Abdullah II finds "somewhat ludicrous" the idea of intervention in Iraq while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has the Middle East in turmoil.

Thank you, Your Majesty, for invaluable advice concerning operations against Iraq, and the timing thereof.

It has been referred to the appropriate section.

[Tazlo]

Glad to see he's looking out for the best interests of the US... ;->

Born in early 1962 and coming to power in 1999, King Abdullah fulfills several prophesies for being the Antichrist. Let's see if he works out a seven-year peace for Israel.

[Diogenesis]

On July 26, 2002, French President Jacques Chirac
and Jordan's King Abdallah walk in the Elysee Palace
prior to a meeting where they can agree to quickly surrender
in Frog tradition.

[LS]

This is going to be the Arabs' constant excuse for not doing anything about terrorists: the Israeli-Pale thing "must be solved first." Uh huh. It's only been going on for, what? 5,000 years?

[GaryMontana]

I am from Montana. In know real cow, bull, and bison manure when I see it. Jordan is no friend of the USA.

Since Jordan will not help us in our hour of need we should not help Jordan in it's constant time of NEED. Time to cut off all aid to Jordan!

Israel is the only ally we have in the Middle East!

[Dallas]

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[mhking]

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Joseph Biden, who plans hearings this week about Iraq, said he does not expect imminent military action.

Well, there's Sherlock Holmes' smarter brother heard from...

[ex-snook]

The resolution of the Israeli-Palestine conflict will surely go a long way toward peace. What Bush should do is appoint no less than his father as a special emissary to the area to restore friendly relations with the US. Since he left office Clinton and his son have dissipated the coaliton and lost the respect of about every nation in the world. With apologies, this is not a task for 'General Zinni types'. This calls for the kind of thinking that Nixon used when he went to China.

[jwfiv]

Since Jordan will not help us in our hour of need we should not help Jordan in it's constant time of NEED.

Well said. The word 'constant' is key to the matter. Were we to revoke Jordan's unofficial status as 'protectorate of the U.S.', or Kuwait's, Qatar's, Bahrain's, or even the Saudi devils', it would be they who experience 'regime change', and not Iraq.

Abdullah's a cagey, and gentlemanly rascal, fully capable of deception. I don't know if he's being truthful about U.S. presence and intention within Jordan itself, but it is he, himself, that is appearing ludicrous.

His interview with Blitzer was all a side-stepping bob and weave.

When the shoving starts in earnest, Jordan will stand in our corner, no matter what the Little King says now.

[John W]

Meanwhile, King Abdullah also said:

* Palestinians have the right to decide their own leaders


Who picked him?

[MoJo2001]

I think it's somewhat ludicrous that we even have ruling Monarch families. What was that divine promise..Oh yes!! The Crown was thrust upon them by Allah. Jordan, like every other sorry Middle East Arab country, is pathetic, backwards, and out of touch with the realization that people naturally want to be free from dictators. As for that wife of his, she can blow her Palestinian heritage and her "helplessless at the suffering of the Palestinians" out her butt.

[blam]

This is a picture of Queen Noor. She is the mother of the king of Jordan and an American from Baltimore.

[hgro]

Since a large proportion of Jordan's population is Palestinian, this guy Abdul lives on the knifes edge.
He has to be extremely careful of what positions he takes.

[hgro]

She is Egyptian American. Her maiden name was Halaby and her father was president of PanAmerican Airlines in its heyday.

[CIB-173RDABN]

Jordan's King Abdullah II finds "somewhat ludicrous" the idea of intervention in Iraq while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has the Middle East in turmoil.

Actually, if we do it right, we can do both, take care of Iraq and solve the Palestinian conflict.

[Cachelot]

Jordan should shut the f**k up and remember to be grateful that nobody mentions the fact that much of the murdering, genocidal, hopefully-soon-to-be-dead "pali" scum actually are squeezed-out Jordanians which the rest of the world might demand that Jordan assume responsibility for. A responsibility that might smart a bit for the little Hashemite kinglet when the bombs start falling ;).

[Let's Roll]

No, she is not the mother of Queen Abdullah. Her predecessor, a British subject, (Muna) Toni, was the mother of Abdullah. Queen Noor married Abdullah's father, King Hussein, following Hussein's divorce from Toni. Search google using "King Abdullah" Jordan mother.