Bout time.....

**deputyfestus** · 02-05-15, 08:00 PM

Finally some balls from a head of state!

Bout time.....-the_king_of_jordan_sent-5ac20dd26771bd7ea35e3ae0167a0491-jpg

Jordan's King Abdullah II, a former commander of his country's special forces , angrily vowed to bombard the Islamic State until his military runs "out of fuel and bullets"

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/photo-king-jordan-looking-badass-132100812.html

**Kanati** · 02-05-15, 11:46 PM

And that's him in a starfleet uniform.....................

**deputyfestus** · 02-06-15, 07:01 AM

WE shall see if he's a paper tiger or true to his words.

**Kanati** · 02-06-15, 09:36 AM

He's gonna bring the power of starfleet down on their asses.

**AetheLove** · 02-06-15, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

Finally some balls from a head of state!

I don't know a lot about the guy, but what I do know I like.

Jordan has been a bright spot in a dark place for a while. They're not secular or a democracy, but they've moved further in that direction than anyone else in the region and Abdullah II (and his father) get a lot of credit for that.

It's nice to see a local nation stand up like this. I hope they find the asses that need kicking and take care of that business. He's got a larger problem too; he needs neighbors that are (a) stable, (b) friendly, and (c) not evil.

So good luck to him.

I know it's for local consumption, but this:

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

... is hilarious to me.

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**Kanati** · 02-06-15, 02:03 PM

it's even funnier when you consider that someone was probably on their knees to take that picture...

In the Voyager picture he's standing in front of Harry Kim... Played by Garrett Wang... who was 5' 10" tall. He's at LEAST 6 inches shorter than that. So I'd say he's no taller than 5' 4" tall.

**AetheLove** · 02-06-15, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Kanati

it's even funnier when you consider that someone was probably on their knees to take that picture...

In the Voyager picture he's standing in front of Harry Kim... Played by Garrett Wang... who was 5' 10" tall. He's at LEAST 6 inches shorter than that. So I'd say he's no taller than 5' 4" tall.

Oh, I think he has a legit claim to military badassery. His résumé is pretty impressive.

But now he's a head of state. When presidents (or prime ministers, or whatever) dress up in a military costume it strikes me as fake; a pose. Putin's bare-chested photo-ops are the same thing. I guess there are enough people who are impressed by it (which is all the reason a politician needs), but it's just so affected I can't help but laugh.

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**deputyfestus** · 02-06-15, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by AetheLove

Oh, I think he has a legit claim to military badassery. His résumé is pretty impressive.

But now he's a head of state. When presidents (or prime ministers, or whatever) dress up in a military costume it strikes me as fake; a pose. Putin's bare-chested photo-ops are the same thing. I guess there are enough people who are impressed by it (which is all the reason a politician needs), but it's just so affected I can't help but laug

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That pic is about 9mths old. I think the article author thought it was fitting for the piece.