His efforts to keep the lid on "issues" in Jordan have
been truly been a daunting task.
The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has had it's eye on the
countries leadership from the very beginning of the Arab Spring.
Why is this such a potential issue for the West and particularly
the U.S?
Simple, the most " off the radar" partner the West
and the US have had since
the morning of September 11th 2001 has been Jordan .
All parties involved have done a better than average job of
keeping this " partnership / alliance / form being too well known.
I can personally state that the West and the US have no better ally in the Middle
East than King Abdullah.
He has always understood this relationship was not to his
advantage out in the open public and he has worked hared to keep just the right
level of quiet balance.
Here is the problem; those that wish to take power in Jordan
know just how close this relationship really is.
From day one of the Arab Spring, King Abdullah has been
placed in the category of
" Monarch Friend
of the West".
King Abdullah's struggles to keep the lid on the Jordanian
public has become an every increasing impossibility.
Stacked on top of this fact is the reality the US could very
well chose to abandon him as soon as the first street protest turns truly violent.
He watched Egypt
and Libya
virtually holding his breath.
He listen and talked to Saudi and the GCC on the topic of
the US
walking away from long time friendships... Remember the discussions of Jordan joining
the GCC?
The King finds himself in a very....very... .dangerous
position with little expectation of support from the West.
The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and other enemies of Jordan ... Iran ...
know all too well the formula for " Abandonment" is based on civilian
bloodshed.
The region has two new targets... Jordan
and Bahrain .
Not new in the sense of trouble, but new in terms of
commitments to cause trouble.
What is truly fascinating is who is set to cause this
trouble.
The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood.. the same Brotherhood who
is out to bring down the Government in Syria ... Sunni.. and Iran .. the government hell bent to
keep the government of Syria
in power.
Confusing????
Yes!!
That is the Middle East !
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