Fox News and associated right-wing blogs have discovered a new, unlikely hero:
King Abdullah II of Jordan. In comparison to the relatively weak
response of the Obama Administration to beheadings and murders by
ISIS, the Jordanian king was hardline. His
Facebook page posted the picture below, with the caption:
Many people, after
seeing the above picture, assumed that King Abdullah II, as a former special forces operator and pilot, would
personally participate in airstrikes. Unfortunately, that’s false; as the
International Business Times reported:
[A spokesman for the Jordanian airforce] said in a statement that reports about the personal involvement of the King in combat missions on IS targets [are] unfounded and baseless.
However, King
Abdullah II is still a very good leader, especially for the Middle
East. Many Americans and Westerners in general don’t realize it,
but he’s a descendant of Muhammad, and a strong believer in Islam.
But, as Joel C. Rosenburg, a best-selling author and journalist, said:
As a descendent of the Prophet Muhammad, the king sees himself as a moderate Arab reformer. He believes Islam is the answer to the challenges facing his region, but he does not believe violent jihad is the way forward. He has built good relations with the West, maintains a solid peace treaty with Israel, and has worked hard to protect Christians in Jordan.
Coalition forces
need leaders like King Abdullah II in order to be successful; not
only is he willing to use force as necessary, he’s the kind of
Muslim that practices his faith without harming others, and without
perverting Islamic doctrine to condone violence.
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