Friday, October 09, 2009

Jordanian opposition

There is no opposition in the Arab world that I detest more than the Jordanian opposition--the Islamists (the Moroccan communists under `Ali Ya`tah are a close second, and Ya`tah used to kiss the hand of King Hasan II). The Jordanian Islamists deserve the award for the laeast political courage for any opposition movement in the region. I wonder if their years of subservience to Jordanian Hashemite interests and their historical opposition to the Palestinian Revolution put them in an awkward and embarrassing position.