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King Abdullah also runs a country that allows murderers to slaughter American soliders and then blame the soldiers for their own deaths. 3 Green Berets will never receive the justice they deserve under that coward.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/report-us-green-berets-jordan/

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Originally Posted by TiredSoul (Post 2365690)

And it wasn't a secret.
Actually pretty well known in The Netherlands. Just nobody really made a big deal about it as it's been his hobby. Europeans tend to respect privacy a little more.
Then prince now king also participated in skating events under a pseudonym that everybody kinda knew anyway.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2014/02/23/elfstedentocht_this_insane_120_mile_speedskating_r ace_makes_the_winter_olympics.html

Doesn't the King of Jordan fly occasionally for Royal Jordanian?
I think his dad did.
Present King Abdullah flew against ISIS

http://controversialtimes.com/wp-con...2/Abdullah.jpg

I'll rate that a little higher on the BA-scale then the occasional passenger flight that 'nobody knows about'.

Let's just keep this on a guy who wanted to fly airplanes, and was able to, instead of being distracted by who his parents were.

That's cool. Some people want to do this job in spite of what it's become for some of us. Good for him.
At the end of the day, I don't do this job for money or status.

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Originally Posted by qball (Post 2365553)

I wish I could be king 😜

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” 👑

― William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

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Originally Posted by opdeliber (Post 2365705)

King Abdullah also runs a country that allows murderers to slaughter American soliders and then blame the soldiers for their own deaths. 3 Green Berets will never receive the justice they deserve under that coward.

Military finds 3 US soldiers killed in Jordan acted properly - CNNPolitics.com

Lighten up. Stuff happens, the government did not order the guard to do that, the guard was not even a terrorist. It was a colossal screwup. Tensions in the region are so high that this sort of thing is unfortunately inevitable.

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Originally Posted by tomgoodman (Post 2365761)

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” 👑

― William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

"It's good to be the king"
-Mel Brooks as Louis XVI in "History of the World, Part 1"

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Originally Posted by tomgoodman (Post 2365761)

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” 👑

― William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

Sword of Damocles. :eek:

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Originally Posted by Karnak (Post 2365899)

"It's good to be the king"
-Mel Brooks as Louis XVI in "History of the World, Part 1"

Louis XVI?!! Uneasy lies his former head. :eek:

They still have a king!?

I wonder what the competitive hiring mins are for kings ...

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski (Post 2365988)

I wonder what the competitive hiring mins are for kings ...

1500 hours as a Duke. :p