jim has been seduced by the dark side. we'll have to call him richard perle jr. back when perle was hired to work for netanyahu while he was prime minister of israel, he and wolfowitz worked up the gameplan that they are trying to impliment today. one of the options was to install the king of jordan, which is considered the most western oriented regime, as the head of iraq for which there is historical precedent. i had heard the idea was still in play not long ago before returning "democracy" to the region became our overriding concern. for more info check out the project for a new american century where the neocons think tanked. these are useful primers for iraq jordan and saudi arabia and syria although they dont cover current conditions.
I don't think I can claim to have actually posted this but it has definitely come up as a scenario...after all, the original British-appointed kings of jordan and iraq were cousins or something (Hashemites) -- basically they were the rivals of the Sauds in Arabia and got Jordan/Iraq as consolation prizes... but my bet currently is on whichever republican guard general takes the bait and whacks saddam (as I think I have previously said here)... the Musharraf of Iraq.
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- dave 3-03-2003 5:49 am
I don't think I can claim to have actually posted this but it has definitely come up as a scenario...after all, the original British-appointed kings of jordan and iraq were cousins or something (Hashemites) -- basically they were the rivals of the Sauds in Arabia and got Jordan/Iraq as consolation prizes... but my bet currently is on whichever republican guard general takes the bait and whacks saddam (as I think I have previously said here)... the Musharraf of Iraq.
- big jimmy 3-04-2003 2:55 pm [add a comment]