A King Doesn't Favor Democracy - Imagine That!

King Abdullah of Jordan is starting to get a little nervous about the possibility of democracy breaking out in Iraq. Newsmax has the story here.

The King apparently subscribes to the idea that folks in the Arab world just can't govern themselves and need a monarch, strong man or tyrant to run their world for them. This, of course, is nonsense.

Certainly Iraqis have not known freedom long, and there's a collection of dead-enders that just don't want to let go of the good old Saddam days, but I'm confident that there are some pretty smart people over there that given time can figure it all out.

The King's worst nightmare will be a successful transformation of Iraq to a democratic republic. After all, what will the lowly subjects of Jordan think if their neighbors start enjoying their newly won freedom?

Could be a hot time in Amman in the next few years. And Damascus ...Riyadh ...Tehran ...Kuwait City - you get the picture.