Jordan

[Áine]

Has anyone else notice that now Jordan is rumbling...King Abdullah has sacked his government...hoping to stem off the rising tide of unrest...it is like a pile of Dominoes going down its important to remember that both Jordan and Egypt are allies of the Isreal....and of course the US

[bohemian]

And does it remind anyone else of the speed with which the Communist bloc changed?

[Corvus]

And does it remind anyone else of the speed with which the Communist bloc changed?

Yes, though this seems even faster - I don't remember the USSR and the Bloc falling quite this fast. But then there is a claim from a former KGB spy who defected in the 70s that it may have been planned well ahead whereas Egypt at least has had only three years of planning and did not have an entity like the government of the USSR controlling its collapse.

[Áine]

And does it remind anyone else of the speed with which the Communist bloc changed?

Yes, though this seems even faster - I don't remember the USSR and the Bloc falling quite this fast. But then there is a claim from a former KGB spy who defected in the 70s that it may have been planned well ahead whereas Egypt at least has had only three years of planning and did not have an entity like the government of the USSR controlling its collapse.

This is indeed very interesting I am glued to the tv !! there is talk that there will be change throughout the Arab nations.....

[TJ]

I bet the fall of false religion goes even faster.

[trottigy]

From your keyboard to God's eyes. "Let your kingdom come - SOON!"

[trottigy]

Well it looks like any noise made in Jordan was just that - noise. The "Arab Spring" looks to be winding up in Libya and fizzling out in Syria. It looks to be mostly a Northern African "Spring".