Dear King Abdullah,

So, I was reading about King Abdullah of Jordan doing something awesome, giving ISIS a quick stiff kick in the daddy bags. The article, though, written by a US Conservative was the usual vitriolic bullshit against how their President isn't a good president for being the global Fascist that they want him to be, don't get me wrong, he is still just that, but he has changed his domain from the Middle East to Eastern Europe.

Now, Jordan. I have always been generally impressed with King Abdullah, not that I follow the structure of Royalty much, but Jordan is one of the few Middle Eastern countries that maintain a monarch with a few brain cells up his sleeves. They have generally been pretty open to helping surrounding countries in need, and have generally been balanced in their views and dealings with the West. Not always a Yes man, but knows when something will benefit his Kingdom more than sticking the traditional line.

In the article, there was talk about how America should be doing everything to "help" the Middle East situation, and personally, I think this is a load of bullshit. For starters, the West is unable to fix many of the problems in its own back yard, pedophile priests and politicians, growing inequality in the divide between rich and poor, the disgusting treatment of disabled and LGBT communities and even their own middle class. I don't know how we can dictate foreign policy to someone when our own domestic policies are in tatters around us.

So, going forward, I am actually for King Abdullah. He has declared that ISIS is a serious threat to the stability of the Middle East, and unlike the rest of the region, excusing Syria, has started doing something about it. Sure, you can go on about all the abuses committed in Syria, but for nearly everyone you can point, there is a Western Equivalent happening in either their own country, or one they occupy. As of late, they have killed an estimated 7,000 ISIS troops, that is pretty good in about 2 weeks. They have pretty much stated that they will hunt them until they run out of jet fuel and bombs, which I am sure Russia will gladly supply, and I hope they damned do.

Why do I think this? Because every time the West gets involved, the citizens of the Middle East and other Muslims around the world, think that it is some plot from America. It also breeds a complacent attitude in that, "Well, we can't help ourselves, let the West help us." Kinda like that whole "It's better teaching a man to bomb his enemies than bombing his enemies for him" thing. It also will make the Middle East to look inwards at its own issues and realize that it is something that they have to deal with, and is not only an issue to the West, which some nations are happy about, but also that there are far more Muslims being killed by suicide bombers than any Westerner since the 9/11 attacks. Seriously, this is true. More Muslims have died from their own suicide bombers, than any Christian, Jew, Buddhist and Hindu. Think about that for a minute.

So King Abdullah, hats off to you sir. I may not agree with some of your attitudes in regards to domestic policy, but living in a country that has refused to put HSBC under investigation for off shore fraud, or closing up the books on Ministerial Pedophilia, I am in no right to tell you how to clean your house, but I am glad that finally, someone is taking the lead in this. Maybe, if the US would stop interfering in Syria for 5 minutes, and let you both clean house a bit, this little issue will be done in a month, and we can all go forward with a bit of new found respect. Also, if you could get Saudi Arabia to stop funding Radical preachers, that would be nice too. Thanks again.