In a report published
by UK newspaper The Guardian, there was information about Washington passing on
security intelligence to Jordan regarding a plan to sow chaos in the country,
with the exchange of information said to be conducted after the new US
administration took office.
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When the new US
president was asked about what was happening in Jordan in the early days of the
sedition case, he said “Stay strong, you have a friend here,” addressing the
King, publicly and explicitly in front of reporters. In this scenario,
Washington was not merely protecting an ally.
It is evident from the
statement that the US administration was not surprised by the events concerning
the efforts to cause chaos in the Kingdom, which proves that the Americans were
already aware of the sensitive case and its details.
The new US
administration’s agenda seems to be to ruin the reputation of its predecessor,
particularly that of former president Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Kushner’s redrawing of regional maps and implementation of “solution”’ at the
expense of Jordan and the Palestinian cause seems to be the driving force for
the new administration’s efforts to paint the Trump administration as reckless
in undermining of regional allies’ security.
The passing of
information from the US to Jordan, and the Jordanian response, achieved two
objectives for Washington. The first is protecting Jordan, and the second is
settling US domestic accounts against the former president and his gambling
son-in-law, who was planning to achieve his desired goals should the former
president have been relected. Kushner’s envisioned maps would require changes
on many levels in Jordan and maybe other Arab countries, all for the protection
of Israel.
The current US
administration is also in league with Israel, but it is not one that gambles.
Its alliance with Israel does not necessarily mean allowing soft coup plans
that would lead to unlimited chaos.
The new US president’s
relationship with Jordan is good; the King is set to visit Washington this
summer, and the US secretary of state was in Amman recently, in relation to the
recent violence against Palestinians. The relationship with Washington is a
fundamental one for Jordanian diplomacy, even if we are still waiting for more
support towards Jordan on the one hand, and regional causes on the other.
The US’ stance towards
Jordan is good, but it doesn’t seem sufficient. There is an economic crisis in
Jordan that requires the US to consider all forms of support; either directly
or through its allies. A weak Jordan in an unstable region would be costly, and
anyone familiar with the economic situation would realize that the crisis is
deepening by the day.
If Washington has
specific criteria for supporting allies, it needs to review those criteria for
the entirely of Jordan; the political and socioeconomic situation of Jordan
requires it. The root causes of tensions and flare-ups need to be addressed.
What many are not
aware of is that the last two years of the former US president’s term were extremely
difficult for Jordan, as the former administration has closed all its doors to
the Kingdom, dried up political communications, and weakened logistical
communications, with only a few exceptions. The
King’s annual visit to the US,
during which he meets with the president, did not take place, and high-level
phone calls stopped. The former president and his dear son-in-law do not
understand balance, and only know how to do one thing: You either follow me in
all arenas, or I block you, suffocate you, and plan to get you and destabilize
you by all means necessary.
Jordan breathed a sigh
of relief with the departure of the former president. Sadly, the public
sometimes does not believe in the existence of conspiracies. They believe
because Jordan is a strategic ally of the US, it wouldn’t happen. However, the
Trump-Netanyahu duo was suffocating, pressuring, and threatening Jordan in a
soft and quiet manner.
Putting
Jordan’s
domestic issues in order is the life raft for the Kingdom in the face of
threats and conspiracies, because a cohesive and unified domestic front is the
key for survival, strength, and stability, before we consider the support of
any ally.
Indeed, our most
primary and safest ally, is ultimately ourselves.
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