August 12, 2014 – Middle East
Numerous headlines in recent weeks indicate that, thanks to ISIS, a major transformation appears to be taking place in the Middle East. But perhaps one of the clearest articles on the subject was written by veteran war correspondent Scott Anderson for CNN.
On June 20, 2014, CNN’s headline read,
“Why the Middle East’s borders will never be the same again”
And in it Anderson remarked,
“Surely the biggest surprise thus far has been the relative calm in Jordan, a nation cut from whole cloth by the European powers after World War I. Despite concerns that it too will fall into the abyss, Jordan might well be saved by the need for all its warring neighbors to have a “Switzerland” in the neighborhood.”
