research how both the militaries stack up against each other. Jordan would need support from at least 2-3 other arab nations to last more than a week in a battle.
If Israel goes ahead with this, it would be a serious blunder. Forget Jordan. Most of the rest of the world is opposed to it and it is blatantly illegal under international law. Israel would be surrendering the moral high ground and likely would end up isolated with the US as the only major power supporting them. And that could end with the arrival of the next POTUS either in January or four years from now.
They need to take in their people, just as Israel has taken in Jewish refugees from Arab countries.
Jordan one on one with Isreal?
They are going to get their heads and asses handed to them.
I guess Jordan’s last ass whooping wasn’t enough.
From many different perspectives - that land belongs to Israel.
1. Biblically- the entire region belongs to Israel (we can always argue if the current nation of Israel is a biblical nation in another setting).
2. From an international law perspective - Israel owns that land. It was legally obtained along with other lands that the “Palestinians” have laid claim to and too many other nations have simply accepted it (anti-semitism).
3. The history of the “Palestinians” - who have no homeland because they are not of a single nation. Jordanians HATE Palestinians - probably more so than Israelis. Jordan had a massive Palestinian problem decades ago - and finally had to expel them from their country (Palestinians treated Jordan much the same way they have treated Israel - constant uprisings and troublemaking and even terrorism. The Jordanians I got to spend time with (didn’t matter if they were professed Muslims or Christian) - all seemed to agree that thee Palestinians were a troublesome people that Israel had a right to deal with however they saw fit - and also saw these Palestinian “territories” as belonging to Israel...
I spend some time in both Jordan and Israel a couple of years ago - and boy was it eye-opening. I was surprised how really NOBODY liked the Palestinians - The ONLY reason any of the Muslim nations care two beans about them - is because they are useful pawns against Israel.
So I’m really puzzled by this supposed position coming from King Abdullah, who has a history of being relatively ambivalent towards Israel - even cooperative in many aspects. I wonder who Abdullah is trying to appease....???? And remember - Jordan is a soft ally of the US in the region...
All talk for home consumption. He knows full well he can’t do a thing to stop Israel.
Suck it up, Abdullah....
Israel should take ALL of the Gaza and West bank, and tell the “Palestinians” to either join the modern era and be Israeli citizens or GTFO to any shizhole muslim nation that will take them.
I have been hearing about the “Palestinians” since I was a little kid; over 50 years now. End this bullsqueeze NOW!
BTW, Jordan has no economic or military power.... they can go pack goat fudge.
We have them all that land in Gush Katif... Thousands of acres...
“for peace.”
I was there. Families who had lived there 50++ years simply displaced so Hamas could replace them with rocket launchers...
Not a PEEP from the Mainstream media on Israel’s concessions.
NO MORE LAND FOR PEACE.
NO MORE ANYTHING FOR PEACE.
Frankly they should have kept the Sinai.
Hey Abdullah, the Jews ain’t so easy to push around anymore. Don’ say you haven’t been warned.
Shalom Aleichem my friends.
Oddly I would think Israel would be wise to give the whole damn West Bank to Jordan and say all those insane militants are your problem and also a most direct threat to Jordan. As they are now your problem we will respond harshly to violence.
The people on the West Bank are not the people of Jordon nor Israel. They are a creation of the PLO.
Relative to Gaza it is a totally failed state. That state inflicts harm to Israel on a daily basis.
The bastards use civilian areas to launch missiles at Israel knowing Israel will not respond to the point of launch due to great civilian casualties.
Israel has the wrong logic. It should be announced that any site of launch from the West Bank will be bombed with precision weapons. I am thinking 500 pound dumb bombs with a Raytheon precision package on it. The destruction will be many blocks dependent on how many bombs.
If you are not willing to kill your enemy and all that stand with him, SURRENDER FOR HE HAS ALREADY DEFEATED YOU!
Bad idea, Abdullah.
You can always tell an impotent nation, because it spends all its energy in giving out warnings.
The king has stockpiled spitballs for just such an emergency.
Oh yeah, that I’d like to see. Jordan taking on Israel.
“What would happen if the Palestinian National Authority collapsed? There would be more chaos and extremism in the region.”
He said this with a straight face.
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