Reports are <\/a>that, Islamic State having brutally killed a downed Jordanian pilot, Jordan is eager to strike back. \u00a0CNN\u2019s expert \u00a0\u201csaid it\u2019s possible that Jordan could retaliate by executing al-Rishawi, the convicted terrorist. But he believes the United States and others will encourage Jordan to not take that step, and instead to take the fight directly to ISIS.\u201d \u00a0Reuters says that, according to a source, \u201cRishawi would be executed \u2018within hours\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\nSo the WWJD, is of course, meant both as \u201cWhat will Jordan do?\u201d \u2014 that is, speculating on whether Jordan will take this step \u2014 and \u201cWhat would Jesus do?\u201d \u00a0What is the right \u201cChristian\u201d response? \u00a0And the \u201cdoes it matter\u201d is whether, in the end, the United States should be in the business of stepping in and telling Jordan that Civilized Nations don\u2019t execute POWs even if that\u2019s exactly what the other side is doing.<\/p>\n
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Reports are that, Islamic State having brutally killed a downed Jordanian pilot, Jordan is eager to strike back. \u00a0CNN\u2019s expert \u00a0\u201csaid it\u2019s possible that Jordan could retaliate by executing al-Rishawi, the convicted terrorist. But he believes the United States and others will encourage Jordan to not take that step, and instead to take the fight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-isis"],"yoast_head":"\n
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