Abdullah II of Jordan Quotes
We have taken down almost every one of the ISIS people who killed, him. processed him or detained him. And we will get the rest even if it takes us another 50 years.
ISIS captured a Jordanian pilot whose plane had crashed and they tortured him and burned him alive making and promoting a video of terrible war crime. At enormous cost Abdullah’s agents and soldiers tracked down those appearing in the video and killing them.
CBS 60 Minutes, September 25, 2016
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He was out of office when he made this statement.
Objecting to the United States supporting the Kurdish Peshmerga forces attacking ISIS in Syria when they were affiliated with the PKK an organization that used terror tactics to gain independence for Kurds in Turkey.
He argues that even if the concession to terrorists is seemingly small, there is much greater damage in that the minimal concession will also stimulate more attempts to gain other victories. See {629723} for his complementary statement on dealing with terrorists.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein is King of Jordan, reigning since 7 February 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, he is a 41st-generation direct descendant of Muhammad.