Jordan bombs but no outrage

[village_person]

Jordan continues their revenge on ISIS carrying out airstrikes against the terror group

JORDANIAN fighter jets have carried out new air strikes against Islamic State, the military said overnight, a day after the country’s king vowed to wage a “harsh” war against Islamic State militants who control parts of neighboring Syria and Iraq.

Earlier, the Jordanian air force carried out air strikes against targets in Mosul, killing 55 including a top IS commander known as the ‘Prince of Nineveh’, Iraqi media reported as well as the International Business Times.

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http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/jordan-continues-their-revenge-on-isis-carrying-out-airstri...

Who can blame the Jordanians for their collective pique. One Jordanian pilot is immolated and the Jordanian response is swift, brutal and perhaps disproportionate when measured against the soi-disant Professionally Outraged Group’s (POG) “disproportionate use of force meter”. A lot of Ebay community members will be familiar with the POG ‘meter’. When Israel unleashes a brutal assault on Palestinians the outrage meter reads in the very high band. However it is interesting to note that the concordant ululations and clamour that follow the disproportionate use of force exercised by Israel is absent when the death of one Jordanian is followed by the bombing of ISIS killing 55 members. Any ISIS women and children killed? Why no screams or howls from the sophomania set? Where are those rock-ribbed ‘progressives’ and their confected bathetic outrage? Why hasn’t Ban Ki-moon been wheeled out to ask Jordan to show restraint?

Ban Ki-moon, phone your office.

Just in case those Israel headlines exist at the luminal recesses of the mind here’s a reminder:

David Cameron warns Israel over Gaza after pressure from Ed Miliband

Israel used disproportionate force in Gaza, says UN humanitarian chief

Turkish President Gül warns Israel against Gaza ground operation

Israel’s war of disproportionate force in Gaza

Once again; Ban Ki-moon phone your office.

[vicr3000]

The UN is a bit embarrassed at the moment because the head UN honcho writing the report on Israel
Had to resign over a conflict of interest and bias as he had previously worked for the Palestinians. LOL

Good to see a country not pussyfoot around, 2 immediate hangings followed by a good bombing campaign.
Even the King of Jordan mipght join in and pilot one of the F16's.

I couldnt see cameron having the balls to do that.

[ufo_investigations]

The reason there is no outrage is because Jordan is a muslim country and Israel is not. Simple as that!

[vicr3000]

A few weeks ago some were very vocal in jordan campaigning against the king for partaking in the bombing campaign.

I doubt many would be now.

[***super_nova***]

There is no outrage about fighting against ISIS because what ISIS is doing to the population of Iraq and Syria.  Because ISIS are bunch of barbaric terrorists who behead, rape and destroy. 

[vicr3000]

The PLO (et al) wasn't much better.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@ufo_investigations wrote:

The reason there is no outrage is because Jordan is a muslim country and Israel is not. Simple as that!

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I bet ISIS are more than a trifle outraged.

[iapetus_rocks]

I wonder why Jordan didn't have a stronger position against ISIS before this incident.

I question their sincerity. If ISIS is so bad then why did it take the murder of just one person to galvanize their response?

[vicr3000]

Jordan has been bombing the carp out of them from very early in the piece. Jordan more often than not

backs the US position on most things.

And has the capacity to put boots on the ground with troops that could well hold their own against ISIS

and having the benefit of integral air support in the process.

And that's before you add in any US air support or drones.

[iapetus_rocks]

Thursday's air strikes came a day after King Abdullah II pledged to avenge the death of captured Jordanian military pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh, who was burned alive by ISIL members.

The strikes were "the beginning of our retaliation", Judeh told CNN, adding that his country was going after ISIL "with everything we have".

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/jordan-expands-isil-air-strikes-iraq-targets-150206065821193.h...

My question is "why wasn't Jordan going after ISIL with everything they have, before?"

Why isn't the US going after ISIL with everything they have? Why isn't the UK? Why isn't Australia? Why isn't Turkey?

It's like it's a sort of modulated action against ISIL. Like we're making a show of it but we're not really serious about destroying them. Didn't the USA even drop weapons supplies into an ISIL area by "mistake" when ISIL were attacking Kobane?

I cannot take their (collective) avowed intention to destroy ISIL seriously. They could do more.