I was in Jordan in October and I thought Jordanians were very much in denial that ISIL was a domestic problem for them. I think, in the short run, the Jordanians are hugely galvanized in a unified spirit, but they want to fight now. The king wants to get behind the cockpit in a fighter plane. If I were his security detail, I would say, “You've got to be kidding.” What a tragedy it would be if the king were to be caught in a battle with ISIL. I think that Jordan has always been a vulnerable country, but Jordan is also a country that has such a close partnership with the west. It will mean that a security culture will dominate, so we will see a strengthening of a security environment in Jordan, but I do think they will survive.
On February 5th, 2015. See this statement in context.