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Jordanians stage massive pro-Hamas rally
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Published: 09.08.14, 13:57
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1. They are all ISIS
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (08.09.14)
2. HIDING
Brant ,   Hilton Head USA   (08.09.14)
They hide their faces behind masks. They hide their weapons in schools and Mosques and hospitals. They hide themselves behind their women and children. But man, can they ever burn a paper copy of a tank.
3. IS will come to Jordan too
(08.09.14)
after Iraq and Syria they will overrun Lebanon and Jordan. They have pledged it already
4. #3 - you are PARTIALLY correct
spyguy ,   seattle usa   (08.10.14)
Radical fighters will take hold in Jordan, UNLESS the king does more to help his people AND does more to defeat Israel. I understand why the king tries to avoid conflict with Israel (wars are expensive and get out of control quickly), but his population is extremely angry with Israel, and he needs to figure out ways to channel that short of war with Israel.. The REALITY is a majority of the population of Jordan would gladly send long range missiles into all of Israel and shoot down Israelis jets with Russian Buk missiles. Remember, unlike Hamas, Jordan is a real nation with real weapons that are equal to any that Israel has. And make no mistake, a war with Jordan would quickly go very, very bad for Israel.
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zionist forever   (08.10.14)
You might not be so wrong because ISIS have already said they intend to make Jordan into a caliphate. They are growing in strength in Iraq & Syria, they are trying to muscle their way into Lebanon and they have said Jordan is on their list. With their trained American armed military they will have a harder time in Jordan compared to Iraq and Syria but its not impossible they could take over especially if the government tolerates the MB which has allowed them to grow in strength and may one day be a threat to the unelected monarchy.
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zionist forever   (08.10.14)
A war with Jordan would not be good for sure but it would be very bad for Jordan. The Jordanian ground forces are smaller than the IDF and whilst they do have modern equipment its not on the scale of what the IDF. The Jordanian airforce operates less than 100 modern fighters and they are inferior to the IAF jets as they are F16 and America sells dummed down versions to the arabs and upgraded ones to Israel. The IAF is also the best trained airforce in the region. The Jordanan navy is only a coastal patrol navy its not an offensive one so no missile boats or subs. The Jordanians also do not have the same kind air defences as Israel. Israel would suffer casualties undoubtedly but it would win hands down. Terrorists are actually a tougher force to deal with because we have to fight in the cities where there can be traps set for ground forces and there are restrictions on what can be done because we want to try keep civilian casualties as low as possible but army v army its no holds barred and these days Egypt is the only arab army that can match the IDF,
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