tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post1689394414260965216..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Obama's Next Mideast War? Ground Troops In JordanFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-75945559975304423372012-10-11T14:52:39.518-07:002012-10-11T14:52:39.518-07:00The US military is already spread to thin and does...The US military is already spread to thin and does not have the forces to commit to Jordan or any where else right now. Apparently the idiots who currently run things cannot figure this out. <br /><br />The term "client state" does not seem entirely accurate. With a client they can fire you any time they wish. Any business person knows that. One must also keep their client happy if they wish to keep that client. Also, client and there business partners typically have mutually beneficial relationships.<br /><br />The relationship between Jordan and the US is more like a master/slave relationship. Jordan is the master. The US is the slave. Jordan gets what it wants. The US cooperates with Jordan or gets shown the highway. Slave/master relationships are for the benefit of the master. As such, the US gets little to nothing from this. <br /><br />There's probably little the US could do to save the Jordanian king even if it wanted to. Within a year the regimes in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the UAE will all fall. The best approach for the US here is to preapre for the inevitable. Having troops in the region when the fall occurrs is probably not a good idea. B.Posternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-63299949652807607502012-10-11T13:18:20.117-07:002012-10-11T13:18:20.117-07:00OT
as you bring up monkey boy, i'm glad to see...OT<br />as you bring up monkey boy, i'm glad to see you writing about the ryan debate tonight.<br />unfortunate the little fur ball didn't sober up in time to hack into/onto your site.louielouienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-72859294953485772112012-10-11T12:38:29.831-07:002012-10-11T12:38:29.831-07:00Oh, you have a point here Louie.
But as our frien...Oh, you have a point here Louie.<br /><br />But as our friend Weekend Monkey would say, it doesn't have to make common sense, just political sense. Obama wants things quiet until after the election, and the last thing he needs is another foreign policy fiasco to explain. <br /><br />Regards, <br />RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332213651195340500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-721035713795634952012-10-11T12:27:15.529-07:002012-10-11T12:27:15.529-07:00i'm having a hard time following ff logic in t...i'm having a hard time following ff logic in this essay.<br />i could understand it if a sane person were in the white house, given US m/e policy, and as ff states jordan is a US client state.<br />however, given past events in egypt and libya, and hussein's diktats that it's time for assad to go, it appears to me that the muslim brotherhood is the defacto US client state in the region.<br />this, imo, leaves the king of jordan with two choices. either use his hands to hold onto his ankles, or to spread his cheeks. that's the chicago way.louielouienoreply@blogger.com