NewsLaugh's Clever Monkey of the Week: King Abdullah For OK, If Obvious, Talk In A NO-K Time
We were in a downcast mood, seemingly without any hope of hearing from an enlightened person in the Middle East, when suddenly there was the level-headed man from Jordan, King Abdullah, speaking, in a Time interview, about what needs to get done in his region so the nations over there can finally start to have some fun.
Early on, he admitted the infinitely understandable, "I'm one of the most optimistic people you'll come across. For the first time, I started becoming pessimistic towards the region."
Yet he went right to the central point. He thinks the Palestinian-Israeli problem has to be solved.