Sunday February 13, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Jordan's King Abdullah faces a big problem. Abdullah is doing his best to quell potential public moves to overthrow his rule.

First Tunisia, then Egypt and now the King has received a petition from tribal leaders in Jordan.

The leaders want Queen Rania to remove herself from all politics.

The petition says that Rania is Palestinian and she is drawing attention to and speaking about the Palestinian cause and detracting from the Jordanian cause. The petition actually asserts that it is a misuse of state money and time and detracts from Jordan's interests.

These tribal leaders have been Abdullah's historical, political, natural power base. This petition means something.

One of the reasons for the marriage between Abdullah and Rania was to cement the relationship between Jordanians and Palestinians. The marriage was not meant to increase tension between the Palestinians and the Hashemites, it was meant to subdue and mollify tensions.

Now, everything has changed. Now, everything is different.

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