- 11 Sep 2019 11:55
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@Ter @Palmyrene
Queen Rania is despised among the people of Jordan. If you looked her up in Jordanian sites and newspapers, there is a corruption case after another, literally just endless stream of them from her and her family. She took over everything.
Literally, Queen Rania and her family Al-Yaseen, endless stream of corruption accusations and charges.
Jordan is currently held under control by the secret police.
Again, if you follow Jordanian local news (on the internet), you'll constantly hear of the people that simply disappeared, be they regular people, officials, officers, opposition leaders, etc.
Dissent gets you killed in Jordan. Noting that it is officially, by law, a crime to even say anything bad about the royal family.
The entire royal guards and intelligence in Jordan is made of a couple of tribes ( 1 of them Palestinian, not Jordanian) along with tons of Chichen and Circassians. Primarily because Jordanians won't serve.
And the king is viewed as a wimp who can't stand up to his wife.
Perhaps it is best to listen to what Jordanians say when it comes to what the Jordanian people think, rather than listening to what western newspapers think they think.
The Jordanian monarchy's days are numbered, and the revolution against them will be far more violent than Syria or Iraq ever were.
Also, note:
The overwhelming majority of Jordanians are in poverty. The economy crashed and never recovered.
If you walked in the capital Amman, there are more closed shops and businesses and abandoned buildings than opened ones during rush hour.
And it only takes a few minutes of chat with people in Jordan to realize that level of anger among the population.
Edit:
@Ter That fierce loyalty was for king Hussein, King Abdullah, on the other hand, is seen as corrupt and bought off ruler who sold the country and bankrupted it.
Vive la révolution