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Abdullah II of Jordan
The royal family.
I have been reading up on him and he has repeatedly requested other countries in the region to allow his troops to go in there and take on ISIS. Those requests have been declined, but his Air Force is permitted to bomb ISIS targets in Syria and Iraq and some other places. I appreciate his willingness, drive, and actual actions against extremism, and for tolerance.
Without an iota of a doubt, his wife, Queen Rania, is an accomplished woman and is a perfect match.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_II_of_Jordan
erbiumyttriumytterbium
The country's leader should be required to serve in the military. Remind him or her of the cost of military action.
theInternetKing
He speaks English better than our horse's ass of a president
CanduReactor
Donald Trump didn't go to Vietnam because of "bone spurs" on his foot. Oddly enough he developed them right after he finished college.
thecuban101
I bet he flew a brrrrrrrttttt
zpaddy
"Do you still believe good soldiers make good kings?"
millanbel
Exactly.
Br1anTah0e
That's pretty bad ass, and his wife is a straight up smoke show.
valpeCorgiTerror
Well this is true king... just think about some kings in medieval era
ElSchopenhauer
Perhaps the king of jordan is a cool dude but gifs with more than one line of text suck badly
SeanBeanDiesAlot
more like the King of Kicking Ass
Dominiricanish
I've been all over the world and Jordan is hands down one of my favorite countries. The people are the nicest I've ever met! It's what 1/2
Dominiricanish
Everybody wants the Middle East to be, but barely gets the positive press it deserves.
LizardEnterprises
Ofc he's willing to do military operations. Dude swiped a phaser. That shit's some real shock and awe.
johnvictor
This is why I call bullshit on people who say all Muslims are bad. They are cherry picking. As well those that say they do nothing. Again
shadowex3
and his official state owned religious TV station teaches that jews murder babies and use their blood to make matza.
IZ42
Source pls.
johnvictor
Infowars of course.
991cookie
He preaches the true ideal of tolerance. Accept people for what they are, let them live happily alongside and help if they need it
shadowex3
and his official state owned religious TV station teaches that jews murder babies and use their blood to make matza.
yeager99
Also a trekkie and has appeared on Star Trek: Voyager. http://m.imdb.com/name/nm2291323/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1
canigetaBAMson
Queen Rania of Jordan is such a major babe.
SukhoiSuperjet
Asma Assad (wife of the dictator) looks stunning too, they have some good taste over there.
reactiondumpster
It's fascinating to me that someone from Jordan can look so Caucasian. Makes me want to look into their genealogy.
iwasdoingfinelurking
His mother was English.
BravoSixDelta
His mother is English.
Dominiricanish
They have ties to the U.K. IIRC
shadowex3
Protip: Not everyone from the mideast looks like Jafar.
SomewhatOxygenated
All people originally from around the mediteranian look like white people with a tan, and the same is true for Persian and Turkic people
SomewhatOxygenated
See also #3 and #4, most of the other people in those images look quite 'white' as well, even though they're Jordan Arabs
midnightbiscuit
Was he not also in an episode of Star Trek once?
iwasdoingfinelurking
Thanks to @yeager99: http://m.imdb.com/name/nm2291323/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1
MyBigMouth
He played an Ensign in an episode of Star Trek Voyager
HorsemanOfWar
He was supposed to come speak to one of my classes in college while he was visiting the US. Sadly a snowstorm kept him from making it but1/2
HorsemanOfWar
2/2 he made a video for the class . Wish he could've made it though, it would've a fantastic lecture
millanbel
What was the topic?
RobertNAdams
A Sociopolitical Examination Of Why ISIS Can Get Royally Fucked
dullawolf
Did you have to put them in shitty 3 second gifs? Why not just the fucking picture and the bit of text. Save us mobile users the damn hassel
iSoulend
not just you mobile user, I just didn't watch in the end 'cause it's a fucking hassle
iwasdoingfinelurking
I will keep your suggestion in mind next time. Have a good day!
derekjohn
FYI He's half British.
hypnokrote
That explains how he's the spitting image of my bank manager
OriginaIPoster
His Mother (the british half) played field hockey on a British Army base in Malaysia. It's like badass just runs in their blood.
dreadeyeknight
Now do the king of Canadia! Let's see what's he's ever done???
mileshunt1976
Canadia?
rando53
Abdullah is one of the few secular leaders in the middle east. A few more like him, and radical Islam wouldn't leave the slums of Riyadh.
shadowex3
and his official state owned religious TV station teaches that jews murder babies and use their blood to make matza.
Justkillmealready
Yummy
givemeyourhate
Would we call Riyadh a slum?
rando53
Not the whole city, but I'm sure they have them.
givemeyourhate
Having lived there, i can assure you, it is one of the most developed cities in the middle East. Quite nice actually. (If you're a guy!)
LittlePoseidon
What's neat is he's the only leader that can actually trace his lineage to Mohammad so he's kinda a big deal in the Muslim world
WizardOfRaz
There a tons of people who claim that though? Ever meet anyone with the first name Syed?
SomewhatOxygenated
Not everyone who claims that can actually support that claim
Guppyninja
Sayyid, +5 Muslim opinion
Ciffer
Fatimid dynasty!
InFin0819
Just needs to keep decadent family members in check. Rebellions are awful
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
Jordan really is by far the best country to live in in that entire region.
Anyswingingdick
Oman has their shit in a decently straight, nifty pile too.
dreadeyeknight
Israel actually is. But youd never admit hat.
PMmeyourshatteredhopesanddreams
*cough*israel?*cough*
DildoSchwagins
I would prefer not going to a place where the people want to subjugate Arabs; and continually egg-on Hamas.
DildoSchwagins
Then is "astonished" when the Palestinian people throw rocks at them, and Hamas sends rockets into Israel (even though no one dies). 2
Contemo
You might want to get your signature dildo out of your ass, it's making you angsty.
DildoSchwagins
Then they retaliate by sending their own back, which kills innocents. Seriously Fuck Israel, without us they'd have calmed the down by now.
mikeatike
I duno, are you Jewish?
shadowex3
about 20-25% of Israel's population, including supreme court judges and the commanders of its most feared infantry battallion, aren't.
conniecpu
If you're Jewish, yes :p
shadowex3
About 20-25% of the population, including supreme court judges and commanders of its most feared infantry battalion, aren't jews.
skellington01
You're better off a Muslim in Tel Aviv than any other city near the mediterranean. True for most other groups/religions. That said...
skellington01
Tel Aviv & Israel are two completely different things lol :) it's like different countries :)
NobleSavant
It's really pretty much the same, only Tel Aviv has more cars and hipsters.
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
Not knowing when a terrorist rocket will kill your family and mandatory military service sure are awesome.
skellington01
Yeah not really the case in Tel Aviv, and still far better than living in Syria or Egypt and most of Jordan :)
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
So Tell Aviv is exempt from mandatory military service?
skellington01
Not officially, but many find ways around it t get out of it. It's not as frowned upon socially here.
slurmlover
And the most friendly with Israel. Probably not a coincidence.
flaccidhope
Turkey and Egypt are friendly with them too.
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
They are the only reason Israel even survived the first year.
slurmlover
That's...not true at all. Jordan launched a war with the rest of the Arab League (Egypt, Syria) the day Israel declared independence.
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
And they took in a half million displaced Refugees and granted them Jordanian citizenship, had they not done that Israel would have failed.
shadowex3
Ok first off the Arab League told people to leave so they could commit genocide, those aren't "refugees" they're participants.
slurmlover
So they led a war and lost but took in refugees and this is explained by you as being the primary reason Israel survived? OK!
shadowex3
Second off Jordan was explicitly created as an "Arab homeland in British Palestine". It IS the state from the "two state solution"
shadowex3
third they illegally occupied the west bank after a war of genocide, had they not given people citizenship THEY would have failed.
SirFormidio
What good is a King if he will not lead when his people need him most?
RobertNAdams
Conversely, what good is a commander if he's wiped out and can't lead his men?
DrunkenMisanthrope
I just want to mention that he heavily cracked down on the press. That's not to say he's pure evil or anything but it should be brought up.
iwasdoingfinelurking
I did not know that, and yes it should be noted.
PUBspotter
The good king, as my middle east prof liked to call him. He understands the region, and uses his power effectively.
override367
yes, but he's still kind of a piece of shit to his own people, but i mean by middle east standards he's great
override367
or really any standards at this point *glares at America and most of Europe*
Tiramyisu2
Could you elaborate?
override367
He's the gentlest of the old school American backed middle eastern autocrats, and incidentally one of the few still alive. He once threatend
override367
his lead political rival with death, and in fact the man got the death sentence, and then was pardoned by the king - I would assume to send
ltsDizzyD
Sources to back up your statement please?
plymouthvaliant
After ISIS killed that Jordanian pilot, the king rode into a revenge strike mission in the back seat of an F-16.
JokeDudeR
I want to point out that "killed" the pilot is an understatement. They lit him on fire while he was alive and standing in a cage.
TuggyMcBoatface
My brother was there that day he helped load that plane.
Burke616
Was he wheeling the handtruck for the Royal Balls?
bugler
Now just imagine Trump in a military exercise...
lookingOknaked
whatabunchofaholes
Lolololol
Naternutts
That's what we have general Mattis for.
derekjohn
Most decent units don't need targets that large.
Burke616
There it is.
DougTheLlama
Here is President Trump doing a jumping jack. Inspirational. Now it's nappy time!
DougTheLlama
Please read this in a whispering reporters voice.
cryborg
LizardEnterprises
Can it be a live-fire-drill gone wrong? Please let it be a live-fire-drill gone wrong...
Huckleberry27616
Pretty please!!!!!!
degenerator
Can we trade him for the K of J?
valkyrium
He'll probably just build a wall around himself though
Grubenwolf
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
He'd have the best exercises, might get lost on the way to them since he'd forget where they were though.
Manatapit
"These exercises, were tough tough exercises. They were tough I can assure of that. They were the best exercises. Best in the world."
Taketheshot56
He'd love hanging out with butterbars
seltzerandjin
If you suggested it to him, he'd tell you he exercises more than anyone in the military. Believe him
bugler
Golf is tough.
circlebreaker
He looks like he'd pass out at 1.2 G's and then blame the pilots
Burke616
Pilots, nothing, he'd blame the Earth and then ramp up climate change just to show it who's boss. "Grab 'er by the Arctic!"
AllTheGoodOnesAreTaken68
JuiceBoxer
Gotta hand it to the guy, that looks like a damn good golf swing
WillGoshen
Well, he does get a lot of practice.
flaccidhope
SizeGuesser
Now just to be devil's advocate, Trump is a fair bit older in comparison, and in his prime wasn't Trump part of a military academy?
ThatGuyWhoThinksEveryoneIsAPineapple
Wearing snazzy uniforms and marching doesn't really compare to the actual military.
BlankhasdiedofDysentery
Boarding School, it may have Included marching but it did not include useful training or experience.
bugler
He got a "medical deferment" from the draft...
DirectorBright
I heard he also got an educational deferment, but I'd have to double check.
Chalybos
For heel spurs, despite playing basketball for the school team. Permanently exempted as being medically unfit. I think they meant "mentally"
SizeGuesser
Wasn't that just the thing to do when you were rich in those times? Not to say that wasn't shitty, but that doesn't really show he couldn't
bugler
It's not whether he could or not, it's more about whether he would. And the answer to that, in my opinion, is fuck no he wouldn't.
SizeGuesser
Fair enough, since we have empirical evidence that he didn't
LurkyMcLurker
Private Pyle
TrustMeImABassist
Private Pyle is actually a good shooter. And he grew up to be Kingpin.
ThatGuyWhoThinksEveryoneIsAPineapple
Nah, Private Pyle was a competent shooter. Trump probably misses the pot when he takes a piss.
LurkyMcLurker
Uhhh you didn't call me a pineapple
Monosodiumglutamate
I don't think trump is into exercises of any kind
Keairan
He plays enough golf
Chalybos
Golf is not exercise. It's a business deal with a couple of swings thrown in.
ImNotAnOrange
He likes exercising power
SalamanderCmndr
And exercising his mouth + thumbs
TheSlavViking
He is 70+ years old, I would like to see you try when you´re 70+ if you even make it that far.
bugler
How about 50 years ago when he could but instead got a health exemption?
TheSlavViking
Shit if I was him I would have done the same thing, why would he waste his time and effort in the military with his IQ and opportunities
DoctorSvenHoek
his dad was a piece of shit. hes actually a pretty smart dude. didnt want to be leader, got thrust into it. plus he has a super hot wife. +1
TrolleyDolly
Queen Rania. Beautiful inside and out.
AskMeIfImFunAtParties
It's good to be the king.
ImgursLibertarian
His hot falls into category 2: Women my wife would forgive me for sleeping with.
MyBigMouth
I believe the word would be QILF
PhenTsoksar
I say the same about Elizabeth II
PatrickJIIIMcGuigan
Mmmmmmmm
skellington01
His dad was a rare human being and leader, and it is reflected by how well the current king was raised.
WyattEarp1
I met his Dad at the white house on a tour in 93....shook the whole tour's hands. Seemed like a nice dude.
skellington01
Wow!!!!
lilwood5
Oldest daughter I'd take out to a fine seafood dinner;)
Redwind007
Anyone seen tyrant????
Notracistgrandpa
My grandpa knew his dad
Pullout69
Great men do not seek power, they have it thrust upon them.
RockerFoxes
Confirmed, King Abdullah the 2nd of Jordan is General Martok from DS9: https://youtu.be/fWZAega4W7w?t=4m12s
BigDumbFaggot
Power doesn't corrupt, the corruptable want power. Or something like that.
SomewhatOxygenated
Those who seek the power to change the world are usually more interested in power than in changing the world
FallenJester
With great power comes great responsibility
51CorgisInABar
Power attracts the corruptible, absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible
BigDumbFaggot
That's it. Thanks, Frank.
LegacyMuse
Spoken like a big, dumb faggot.
BigDumbFaggot
I always consider reporting these comments just to see if they'd get deleted, this may be too much power for me.
LegacyMuse
Hah. That would be interesting to see if they would take your username into account.
KolyaLegend
Wow, my girlfriend is great men.
NotGarrusVakarian
They're have been great and benevolent leaders who wanted it and knew they could do it.
NotGarrusVakarian
*There
iwasdoingfinelurking
Srs question: What action(s)/policy caused you to have that opinion of him, primarily?
bobziIIa
He also wants to remove the crown for a full democracy.
DoctorSvenHoek
pulitzer winner called "black flags" detailed the transition of power from his dad to him during the rise of isis.
Daitspuggleminer
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iwasdoingfinelurking
Intersting tidbit: his father found out he was king because a letter came in addressing him as His Majesty rather than His Highness.
iwasdoingfinelurking
Hussien was a student in England at the time and this is actually how it happened.
DoctorSvenHoek
yeah its amazing what a western education will do for a country's leader.
flaccidhope
I don't understand. He became King in 1999, over a decade before the founding of ISIS?
DoctorSvenHoek
sorry what i meant was that the book chronicles everything leading UP TO the founding of isis, which can be traced back to 1966
NotInLimboAnymore
And he's a Trekkie
shirikodama123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmut6FJ1d4M
MasterThief
Can confirm; he even had an episode cameo on ST: Voyager. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Abdullah_bin_al-Hussein
GiantAsteroid2021
We talking abt the same person here? His dad set the stage for his rule, made peace with Israel and focused on development.
DoctorSvenHoek
dad wanted him to rule, he didnt. dad made backroom deals with isreal for HIMSELF, not all arabs.
professorwoland
You're way out of your scope my friend
GiantAsteroid2021
Yes, because he doesn't want to lose more land. Also, not feasible for him to speak on behalf of all arabs.
ec437
He thrusts into that too.
memeofficer
boethius
ASDusername
Alright that was pretty good
Wolfendesign
GeraltzRivii
Well, clearly! They have 4 kids.
aliceimwunderland
noice
TheCur
You should have all the the points.
DoctorSvenHoek
http://imgur.com/UQyNmG1
LlamaLingo
Why was he a piece of shit?
DoctorSvenHoek
back room dealings with the jews to save his own ass. two faced diplomacy when he had the means to do more for arabs.
LlamaLingo
"To do more for arabs" - why should he, with how awful most of the arab countries behaved then and now?
lambaroo
but his arab neigbours were all cunts. palestinians did their best steal his country. syrian/iraqi ba'athists, & egypt were all failed hawks
DoctorSvenHoek
they still are cunts. egypt got hamstrung by carter and duped by begin. hussein just sat back like an opportunist in the 70s
lambaroo
you say opportunist, i say fairly sensible leader looking to keep his country peaceful with other people's shit flying all around him
lambaroo
he owed other arabs nothing, not a damn thing. in fact he was probably much too accommodating with them
lambaroo
his "fellow arabs" murdered his father, tried to murder him, tried to take his country in a failed coup & brought nothing but instability