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Your comment on Jordan gave a onesided impression of the position. British policies are both unfair and narrow-minded from the Arab point of view. Glubb's sacking has been greatly overpublicized...
Averting the Gaze. Under the reign of the present King's grandfather, King Abdullah, that stream had been kept under a measure of control. "I recollect so well one evening," Glubb recalls in an affectionate sidelight, "when King Abdullah was visited by a deputation of venerable-Moslem religious leaders and began to question them on religious subjects. 'Is it lawful to look at a pretty girl if you meet her on the street?' inquired His Majesty...
...good old days, according to Glubb, wise rulers had the selfless help of the old order of imperialist, a breed now "extinct." "Often," writes Glubb, "the imperialist devoted his life to the amelioration of the conditions of the people committed to his charge. Under this constant care, public security was assured, roads were built, sanitation introduced, education inaugurated. But he committed one unpardonable offense-he was supercilious...
Words as Weapons. The principal weapons of this vengeful vendetta are words. "Britain," writes Glubb, "is being driven from the Middle East by words-words to which, with British impassivity, she refuses to reply . . . The same bitter diatribes and violent slogans are poured out [by the Egyptian radio] day after day, hour after hour, and there is no reply, no response, no counter-propaganda. When a foreign radio said that British troops were bayoneting babies, English people merely laughed and said, 'How ridiculous.' But millions of [Arab] listeners believed it... In the Middle East today, the wireless...
Though Feisal arrived in the company of Iraqi Premier Nuri es-Said, Hussein flew to the rendezvous (piloting his de Havilland Dove himself) without his Prime Minister. Having successfully sacked Glubb Pasha, symbol of Britain's long Jordanian dominance, Hussein seemed to be savoring his independence. He had turned down the invitation to join Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria in their Arab "neutral" bloc, and he had already opened negotiations with the British on terms that seemed likely to assure for the young king the continuing of London's $25 million yearly subsidy, and the presence...