The Syrian revolution, unlike the other Arab uprisings, was far more likely to explode than implode, and that Jordan and Iraq would be caught in the conflict and instability

The Syrian revolution, unlike the other Arab uprisings, was far more likely to explode than implode, and that Jordan and Iraq would be caught in the conflict and instability

Mr. Shedd publicly expressed concerns about Jordan contrasted with the administration’s usual, almost ritualized declarations of confidence that King Abdullah II of Jordan could emerge with his country, one of America’s strongest allies in the region, intact.