The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has earned a billion-dollar bonus from Uncle Sam for taking on all the region's problems.
On Feb. 3, King Abdullah told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the “gloves are off” after the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) burned one of his pilots alive. That same day, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, signed a three-year agreement to boost military and economic aid to the beleaguered US ally.