ZIONIST WATCH- ISRAHELL ENSURES JORDAN PUPPET KING NOT OVERTHROWN http://www.jinsa.org/node/2341

JINSA is generally sympathetic to the difficulties faced by Jordan's King Abdullah II. He is a Hashemite ruling a mostly Palestinian and Bedouin country; an excellent security partner to Israel because Israel ensures that he will not be overthrown by Palestinians who believe Jordan is no more legitimate than Israel; and a reasonable moderate in an increasingly radical region, sending the Jordanian military to countries in support of Western objectives - including a very useful group of female soldiers who work in Afghanistan.

JINSA was honored to have had, as we have had before, a meeting with the King when the JINSA Flag & General Officers were in the region. The meeting took place in a window - after President Obama's big speech on the Middle East, before he recanted some of it at AIPAC and before Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke before Congress. His Majesty was off-the-record, but we can safely say there was heavy emphasis on the need for economic growth and political development in Jordan, concern for how the "Arab Spring" would play out, and appreciation for American aid.

Our other Jordanian interlocutors implored us to consider Jordan an ally and use what influence we have to strengthen U.S.-Jordanian relations - one suggested we change JINSA's tagline from "Securing America, Strengthening Israel" to "Securing America, Strengthening Israel and Jordan." We left Jordan inclined to do so.

[also see...ZIONISTWATCH-Naval Special Warfare hosts Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/04/zionistwatch-naval-special-warfare.html The Men From JINSA http://www.thenation.com/doc/20020902/vest