On February, 27, 2009 5:18 AM , iraatus
from United States said:

I agree with your notion that unprofessional media personae are misusing their position. But, isn't it just a Jordanian tradition? and I mean those in Jordan regardless of their origin.
The actual thought I have is that these childish behaviors are being allowed to happen to keep people busy. Just as is the case with the periodic Cabinet Reshuffles. Otherwise, people might try and start paying attention to the misdeeds of others in a higher position than Awadallah.

p.s. Although I know for a fact that Awadallah is not a saint, his resume is quite impressive.

On February, 27, 2009 8:51 AM , Mohanned
from United States said:

It became obvious that it was orchestrated by someone big, someone like the head of the GID, when nepalese families went to court in the US of A..It would be interesting if someone could get a hold of some of these family members and try to connect the dots. As for the facist nahid hattar, he is so obvious to many people, but they choose to ignore him and even support him because they share a common goal which is marginalizing jordanians of palastenian origins for reasons that vary from pure racism to simple cost-benifit reasons.

And don't forget the role of ammon, they are now publishing articles disimissing the call for constitutional monarchy, and when you try to point out that the king himself is the one who started this discussion your comments either get deleted or even modified. And now you have them reproting that the PM said that they "have to" pursue reforms because of the change in the US adminstration..It is just pathetic..

One more thing, even though I am not a big fan of many of the regime's policies, I was very disappointed when the king caved in on basem awadalla. In a sence it enforced the belief that there are powerful people out there that can..You know what , you get the message..

On February, 28, 2009 2:50 AM , Mohomar
from Jordan said:

Neanderthalian liberalism Batir! Why did you choose to stop and comment about this peculiarity about our Arab (it is not peculiar to Jordan) discourse. Do you think that it has been different since 1921? Stick and Carrots ma dear! And by the way, I really envy this geniuos in you that had changed course and career in less than half a year around 4 times all that with the responsibility of a lovely daughter and a blessed twins.

On February, 28, 2009 6:43 PM , batir
from Jordan said:

Mohomar thanks for the comment. You need not to envy my confusion. It is not natural to change course this often but it has been a confusing time. I hope I will have a more settled path now.

On May, 22, 2009 1:07 AM , Bahjat Tabbara
from Jordan said:

Criticism of Dr. Awadullah was indeed unfortunate in the manner it took place. Indeed, this is Jordan, where constructive criticism is almost alien. I kept up with the news & very little evidence was actually presented & one can only question the motives of such people. However, the vile ways of some are so sinister that they almost negate anything Dr. Awadullah was accused of.

I believe what many were upset was about two things, firstly, he climbed up the ranks & worked in a less than transparent manner. Right or wrong, that was the perception of most. Secondly, (& I think this is just as important) the lack of transparency in Jordan when it comes to national decision making is indeed, a problem but the case of Dr. Awadullah was such that the case against him wasn't properly constructed, thus lends serious questions as to the motives of those accusing.

Few (if any) of his detractors demanded or even had evidence (note: evidence is not proof) of corruption or abuse of power.

Dear sir
I know that they are some people in the Jordan government are racist thugs
and they try to destabilize the country by saying about Mr. awadallah he is outsider which in fact they are the outsiders, Jordan was the desert of Palestine and its was part of the greater Syria until the English came and they change the land and the history, their is no difference between Palestinian or Jordanian, we have the same blood and the same race and we are part of the great Arab people, but the racist government still asking you where your grand father born? Imagine how much they are stupid .
Those thugs in the government they have narrow vision about the future and they keep circling them self in the same circle and they have nothing to say just complain against the Palestinian.
Mr. Hatar tribe how many they count?
The whole bedwins and what they called themselves tribes they don't event count for 200,000 so they don't even reach half the population of alwahdat camp.
Mr. hatar should shut his mouth and he has to know if the Palestinian tolerate the Jordanian racist government and discrimination not because they are weak on the contrary we can take his land from him if we want , Israel and America a lot of times offered Jordan to be the home land of Palestinian but the Palestinian decline for this offer .
Jordan government has to walk up and stop discriminating against the majority of here own citizen other wise I believe no body can live in peace in near future .
Any way D.r Awadllah he is lucky to leave these government for punch of bedwin they don't know what to do , they have been raping the country for more than 50 years
The problem with most Arab government leaders they still think of themselves as a leader of tribe and not a leader of country so they still behave like tribal leader and not like country leader because when the English officer hire them he doesn’t explain to them what the different between tr

On October, 24, 2009 9:01 AM , Bahjat Tabbara
from Jordan said:

Mr. Hatter's comments were out of line with the etiquette that his position requires. Criticism is not wrong, but the manner in which it is being formulated is unacceptable. It is true that no one should be beyond criticism but the way in which they are criticised should not reflect personal, ethnic, or sectarian considerations.

I believe that this whole 'he is of Palestinian origin' business will only alienate people of Palestinian origin as it will create a perception that the native Trans-Jordanians can get away with vicious verbal attacks & get away with it, while a non-native Jordanian would end up behind bars for similarly charged remarks. It is still very much a culture in Jordan that he who yells loudest is the one everybody listens to.