Comments on: Three Civil Wars http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/ A Jordanian Blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:15:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Folan http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/#comment-21191 Folan Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:36:39 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/#comment-21191 Maybe it a warning to the arab people that either they accept the dictatorships in the arab world or u will face what the new-born democracies in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq are facing which is civil war. Maybe it a warning to the arab people that either they accept the dictatorships in the arab world or u will face what the new-born democracies in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq are facing which is civil war.

]]> By: Nas http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/#comment-21114 Nas Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:47:15 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/#comment-21114 ammani: strange how one calls themselves ammani but uses the patronizing "your", perhaps even with a hint of orientalism. in any case...jordan has indeed benefited from the war economically but at a significant cost. in a country of 5 million, nearly a million have now been added on to count in less than 3 years which is a large influx in a short period of time. consumption has driven up demand which has driven up prices to an all time high and the average JO is worse off economically today than they were before the war. add to that the fact that most of the investment is not from iraq or iraqis but from the kuwait and the gulf. most, if not all, investment is focused on driving real estate prices up and in long term (10 years +) projects that have yet to yeild any advantage for the average JO. with a million iraqis in the country and geographical barriers, long term instability in iraq will spillover to instability in jordan and any foreign investment will come to a grinding halt. ammani: strange how one calls themselves ammani but uses the patronizing “your”, perhaps even with a hint of orientalism.

in any case…jordan has indeed benefited from the war economically but at a significant cost. in a country of 5 million, nearly a million have now been added on to count in less than 3 years which is a large influx in a short period of time. consumption has driven up demand which has driven up prices to an all time high and the average JO is worse off economically today than they were before the war. add to that the fact that most of the investment is not from iraq or iraqis but from the kuwait and the gulf. most, if not all, investment is focused on driving real estate prices up and in long term (10 years +) projects that have yet to yeild any advantage for the average JO.

with a million iraqis in the country and geographical barriers, long term instability in iraq will spillover to instability in jordan and any foreign investment will come to a grinding halt.

]]> By: ammani http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/#comment-21110 ammani Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:59:30 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2006/11/27/three-civil-wars/#comment-21110 Collapse? Jordan is thriving off the war in Iraq. Foreign investment in Jordan has increased through the roof, and the US military uses your beloved country to ship its weapons through the military airport just East of Amman. The King may say he wants an end to the war because he has to politically, but the economists, without a moral compass to be seen, want to the war to age on. Without it, Jordan's economy really will collapse. Collapse? Jordan is thriving off the war in Iraq. Foreign investment in Jordan has increased through the roof, and the US military uses your beloved country to ship its weapons through the military airport just East of Amman.

The King may say he wants an end to the war because he has to politically, but the economists, without a moral compass to be seen, want to the war to age on. Without it, Jordan’s economy really will collapse.

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