Americans in Jordan: The Goal Is Syria

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Americans in Jordan: The Goal Is Syria
By Adbulbary Atlan
Al Massae, Morocco
Translated By Robert Mogielnicki
13 October 2012
Edited by Mary Young

We are used to Jordan sending special military units into conflict-ridden areas in the Arab world to participate in hostilities because they possess a high degree of competency in this area. What this means is that Jordan does not need to import American power to help counter the flow of Syrian refugees. As the New York Times newspaper disclosed in its Wednesday edition, this issue raises many questions.

Jordanian forces played a big role in the storming of Tripoli and the Azizia Barracks, the main headquarters of Colonel Gadhafi — just as they participated, probably unilaterally, in the storming of Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain, dispersing protesters by force. There are also reports that Jordanian forces fought alongside their Saudi counterparts to stop the advance of the Houthi forces within Saudi Arabia and to prevent any further attacks.

Therefore, to say that American forces positioned close to the Syrian border are there to help Jordan counter the flow of Syrian refugees would not trick even the most naive of fools. Jordan possesses deeper experience in confronting refugees than any other country. Its history is abundant with examples of receiving waves of refugees fleeing from wars or immigrants forced out of neighboring countries. At first they were Palestinian refugees. With time came the Iraqis and, finally, the Syrians. So we do not think that an American soldier coming from Chicago or the Nevada desert can lecture Jordanians on a specialty that they have mastered.

The mission of the forces is unclear. Perhaps it is an end in and of itself, or perhaps it is a prelude to a larger number of American soldiers who will flock to Jordan later. This would pave the way for military intervention in the Syrian crisis under various pretexts. Among these pretexts would be controlling Syria’s chemical weapons and preventing them from falling into the hands of terrorist organizations.