One year later and the revolutionary war is now stirring in Jordan as the masses of Jordan are being drawn into the long overdue remaking of the Middle East. Perhaps as many as a million refugees from Syria are now in Jordan and on top of all other forward placed troops 500 pairs of US boots as ‘trainers’ are also going on the ground to build up the Free Syrian Army with the expectation that these troops will be ready to advance under US air cover in about a years time. Undoubtedly the war is spreading and Obama can’t just sit on his hands either. People might note who won’t be meeting with Netanyahu when he goe’s to Washington!
Just the other day we saw 4 dozen Egyptian troops killed in Sinai as that complex revolution convulses backwards and forwards.
US military planners could do a bit with currently combat ready Jordanian troops if the Jordanians have the stomach for war. This incident could well change the balance sooner than the end of 2015 if they were to get involved in clearing the blockage to human progress that both Daesh and Assad are. I expect that the masses in Jordan are going to get swept up in this war as this year unfolds. Jordan can’t stay as it is now either when its all over. Just as WW2 swept old Europe away it is impossible for the swamp of the middle east not to alter in all directions.
The air-war against Daesh AND Assad is going to be big on this front. Obama has no real choice but to crank up the effort! The war to the nth has seen the Kurds victorious in a town now reduced to rubble and apparently the enemy is sick of trickling in troops for the US air-force to annihilate. Well played that one!