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Iraq can't play the Muslim card.
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Jordan is joining Turkey in allowing allied planes etc to use if as a base.
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because they are shit fucking scared of not doing.
The only smoking gun at work here is the one Bush is holding to the head of Islamic leaders. The one's buckling are ones who's countries need economic help the most.
More's the pity. One day, youll find yourself very ashamed of the position you so readily agree with now, if you have any sense that is.
Surely that's diplomacy, you give something, you get something in return...
They may not agree with the grounds for attacks now, but I don't think either country sees Saddam as a friend.
It would certainly buy them out of a political hole, allow them to give their bases up without the political stigma of openly supporting Bush's campaign. For those two countries it's pretty much an almost perfect political solution...
And what prompts this anger from a people who actually don't like Saddam? The feeling that the Muslim world is being persecuted and that the very people who are coming to 'liberate' the Iraqis and rid the world of a dangerous man are actively supporting another oppressive regime half hour drive from Amman also in breach of countless UN resolutions and in possession of WMDs.
But I get what you are saying, and you know I don't supoprt Israel or their continual occupation and resettlement of the territories.
Would also help to make sure that the Arab solution has the support of the other terrorist organisation as well. It would be foolish to expect Israel to accept anything which didn't give them confidence that the terrorism they face would practically cease.
What Israel needs is a sense of faith in their security. What the Palestinian need is their own land. Neither will happen without the other.
We also shouldn't link Iraq and Palestine, they are separate issues, Saddam only uses the Palestinian cause because he knows it will give him support in the Muslim world. We should never give credence to that.