He's an ideologue who shot from the cuff; it was not a studied statement.

We saw in him an ally, there's no doubt about it. But this does not mean anyone will move to organize opposition at all.

The systems they wanted to make disappear are being strengthened because of the chaos prevailing in Iraq and America's blind support for Israel.

As in the Cold War, when communism was considered the cause of all evils, the United States believed that authoritarian Arab and Islamic regimes must be destroyed and replaced by democracies.

There has (long) been empathy among Jordanians for insurgent strikes against military targets in Iraq, particularly against U.S. forces.

To adopt democracy as a tool to advance its foreign policies.

For some reason, the system seems to cave in to the first signs of resistance, then it follows with policies of appeasement, and the reformers are abandoned. The national agenda was going to be a road map to reform in the country, but it suddenly disappeared off the radar screen. It is no longer part of the official discourse.