it more effective? but my experience is that it s read on the ground in political terms. the united states is supporting the shia dominated government, we are not supporting the sunnis or we are taking sides. do you worry that this is going to be read in a sectarian way, this support? i do. after all, the united states refused to get involved in syria, refused to help the sunnis who were being attacked by the government in syria so it appeared we were on the side of iran and the shiias there. now if we support the government in baghdad it will be seen in some parts of the middle east that we re supporting the iranians and the shia in iraq as well at the expense of the su i sunni. we have to remember the goal here is not military, the goal is political, and it s to have a national reconciliation process between the sunni and the shia
affiliations because one of the things we know is happening in this region is that if we fail to create a model in the arab world in which people can live side by side regardless of su i sunni, shiite, regardless of the manner they worship their god, if we don t create that possibility, then these problems are going to occur again and again and again. i think his majesty understands that. i think the people of jordan understand that. and these kinds of sectarian and tribal fault lines are part of what we have to get beyond. because they don t work in a modern world. they don t create jobs. they don t put food in the mouths of children. they don t provide an education.