On Queen Alia International Airport again

I'm really shocked by so many of the responses I'm seeing on this matter. From both sides of the isle. On one side, people are bashing Jordan and Jordanians beyond hell. On the other, Jordanians are being so juvenile and uncivilized in the way they treat the whole matter. Some are in scattered in the middle but those are really a minority.

It's sad to see some of the so called "Awesome" and "great" writers just fall in with the rest of the "defend Jordan" at all costs Gang. If anything, people claiming to talk about Human rights, and Freedom of speech should be ashamed of their positions on what appears to be a very basic violation of human rights.

I'm not going to jump and say these people are exhibiting hypocritical positions. I just feel that some might have been outraged by the attack and forgot that we might have erred in the process. Many would probably reconsider their position

And PS, I AM PROUD TO BE JORDANIAN!! Yes, we might have made a mistake, but that doesn't mean we can't fix it and make it better

+Silly Bahraini Girl
+Bakkouz
+Batir

It's just so convenient for people to say, "If you don't like it, get the hell out". Hmm let me see, is that directed to every single person who ever roamed the land of Jordan? Including the Caucasians, Chechnyans, Palestinians, Iraqi's, Kurds, Lebanese, Syrians ...etc ..etc ...etc who currently call Jordan home?

It's just a trivial answer (not a silly answer, there's a difference) A trivial answer is an answer for no significance. If you don't like something. Complain, Make it better. That's how I view it. But getting "the hell out" is the "shut up and don't complain it's my country" ... well excuse me, that shouldn't be the situation. We should tolerate one another, and coexist with each other. See the negatives and improve them.

That's where I stand. I'm saying, what happened is sad, and I call for a fact finding committee to conduct a full and open investigation. (And I assure you, my sources tell me that it will happen). We should probably apologize for it, and make it better. Make sure it's not going to happen again.

The reason I am saying this is that we as a small country can't really afford to be the target of more hatred. We don't want to end up like the US and it's war on Terror. We can't really AFFORD IT!

My hat goes off the wonderful people in uniform and their sacrifice to keep our home safe. But despite their most sincere attempts we have to understand that the sheer numbers of Iraqis living in Jordan add to that sympathizers, add to those people with true ill intent and you have a formidable front to keep an eye on. It's our civic duty as Jordanians to help as much as we can diffuse this situation by ensuring that our institutions are at the highest level of integrity and transparency.

I've said before, we're not the only people who tightened our security measures. We're not the only country who's practicing extreme caution when dealing with influx of refugees or anything. It's happening everywhere. From the good US of A to just about everywhere in the world.

The classical answer of, "What have you done, to solve the Iraqi problem" is a red Herring, it's there simply an attempt to obfuscate the issue. It's not about what Bahrain has done or didn't do. It's about what WE HAVE DONE! And what we need to fix! Someone else calling us on our misbehavior is really not to blame for OUR OWN MISTAKE

Another extremely outrageous argument is the "Do you expect to be received on a Red carpet or with Rose petals?" and the obvious answer to that is NO, we don't expect to do that to Iraqis, what they're asking for is simply to maintain their dignity. And to be treated like human beings. Nothing more, nothing less!

Take the example of the late King Hussein of Jordan. Post black September, he didn't proceed in committing genocide or commit atrocities against the Palestinian population (like many others have). To the contrary, he readmitted them into the society and gave them more civic rights and what is the result? The majority have accepted the new situation and become way better citizens. They continued with their lives and simply assimilated in the fabric of the Jordanian society

There you have it! I'm a Jordanian, and I apologize for the Iraqi people for what happened. I hope I represent a segment of the society that has it's value and not only represent my self.