Barack Obama Visits Jordan Amid Red Faces At King Abdullah's Comments -- The Guardian
Conservative monarch, shaken by events of Arab spring, reportedly made series of indiscreet remarks about other leaders
Barack Obama flies to Jordan on Friday for a brief visit – a reward for the most loyal of US Arab allies. But amid talks on the crisis in Syria and uncertain prospects for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, there is embarrassment over indiscreet comments by King Abdullah II.
The US president is spending just over 24 hours in Jordan but the trip is being billed as a boost for a conservative monarch shaken by the events of the Arab spring and alarmed by the escalating conflict between Bashar al-Assad and western-backed rebels.
The king's public position on Syria has hardened. On Wednesday, he warned that Assad's fall was inevitable because so much blood had been shed.
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My Comment: The article in question is here. Jeffrey Goldberg has a follow-up .... and it is here. As to what is my take .... King Abdullah's concerns and fears are valid .... and I suspect that even he is now aware that his kingdom is probably not going to be the same when the turmoil in the Middle East has finally subsided.
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