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Hamzeh
March, 12, 2006 9:23 AM
Batir, this is by far the best article about "Jordan First" I have read in the last few days in response to this incident in the news, so thanks for that.

I read <a href="http://scatterl oad.blogspot.com/2006/03/saleh -al-qallab-and-jordanian-citiz en.html";>Saleh Al Qallab's response</a> and I personally couldn't believe that a man who was once a minister of state in Jordan was saying some of the stuff that was written.

I guess he had forgotten the following piece from the "Jordan First" document when he used the term "Jordanians by passport only" to describe fellow Jordanian citizens:

“Jordan First”consecrates the concept of citizenship as a basic Constitution-guaranteed right that cannot be violated.

I think Saleh Al Qallab betrayed the goals of this campaign in the same article that he wrote so as to appear as if he was defending it.

I have one question for you though? Do you really believe Al Assad mocked Jordan or the "Jordan First" campaign in his words? I've read what he said and I cannot describe it as mockery. I can only describe it as criticism. Actually, he did not criticize the concept of prioritizing goals and objectives and having a nationalistic movement on the level of small countries like the "Jordan First" campaign. On the contrary, he supported the idea and called it natural and of common sense. However, he criticized the fact that a lot of the Arab countries, including Jordan, have failed to put the other Arab and Muslim countries second on the priority list, and instead opted for the US as their number one ally. I think this is true to a great extent when it comes to Jordan.

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Hamzeh
March, 12, 2006 9:24 AM
Batir, this is by far the best article about "Jordan First" I have read in the last few days in response to this incident in the news, so thanks for that.

I read <a href="http://scatterl oad.blogspot.com/2006/03/saleh -al-qallab-and-jordanian-citiz en.html";>Saleh Al Qallab's response</a> and I personally couldn't believe that a man who was once a minister of state in Jordan was saying some of the stuff that was written.

I guess he had forgotten the following piece from the "Jordan First" document when he used the term "Jordanians by passport only" to describe fellow Jordanian citizens:

“Jordan First”consecrates the concept of citizenship as a basic Constitution-guaranteed right that cannot be violated.

I think Saleh Al Qallab betrayed the goals of this campaign in the same article that he wrote so as to appear as if he was defending it.

I have one question for you though? Do you really believe Al Assad mocked Jordan or the "Jordan First" campaign in his words? I've read what he said and I cannot describe it as mockery. I can only describe it as criticism. Actually, he did not criticize the concept of prioritizing goals and objectives and having a nationalistic movement on the level of small countries like the "Jordan First" campaign. On the contrary, he supported the idea and called it natural and of common sense. However, he criticized the fact that a lot of the Arab countries, including Jordan, have failed to put the other Arab and Muslim countries second on the priority list, and instead opted for the US as their number one ally. I think this is true to a great extent when it comes to Jordan.

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Hamzeh
March, 12, 2006 9:24 AM
Now, while I don't think Syria is in a good position to give lessons about good well between Arabs especially when it comes to Jordan, what the Syrian president said about Jordan still must be taken seriously and studied between the decision makers in Jordan in some form of self-review which is the natural thing to expect in a country that is undergoing a very serious political reform program; any information is valuable and worthy of review and consideration regardless of the context in which it was spoken or its source.

Afterall, if we are to really consider "Jordan First" as Jordanians, then it is our duty to first point out Jordan's mistakes before pointing out others', because the best we can do when it comes to fixing mistakes is fix our own, and we must not wait for others to fix theirs before we fix ours.
OmAr   Jordan   
March, 13, 2006 6:16 PM
this is indeed a good analysis,

but let me say something, the "Jordan First" is the worst title that can be used in Jordan, because any child (that even hasn't been borned yet) can realize that it will not be understood by 99% of Jordanians, and that it will be used directly as a racist tool.

I must agree with Hamzeh, Bashar al asad made a reasonable idea, it wasn't mockery at all, even though he has no right, after everything his system did,
Batir Wardam   Jordan   
March, 17, 2006 11:45 PM
Hamza you are absolutely right with your describtion of Qallab's self-contradiction. The content of the Jordan First concept is a modern view on citizenship that is not shared by many people including Qallab. He was just defending the raw feeling of ultra-nationalism without even believing in Jordan First.
It seems that both of you Hamzeh and Omar do not see a mockery in Assad's speech. This might be true since he has linked the slogan to the USA and Isreal which is more related to ignorance than mockery. However, he'd better mind his own business and save his country from a devastation similar to what happened to Iraq. If Jordan First concepts were applied for Syria they would be in a much better situation now.
Thanks for the comments and plz keep visiting.

 
 
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