For those following the news on the Jordanian pilot captured by ISIL/IS it is clear that Jordan's military support to our coalition has little popular support with the people of Jordan. They are putting a lot of pressure on their government to swap prisoners. Jordan said they were ready for a deal if ISIL could produce proof of life.

Not surprisingly this demonstrates that our coalition isn't as strong as projected by the media. A possible fissure between the U.S. and Jordanian relationship regarding ISIL, recent threats by ISIL to attack Saudi, and the LH rocket attack on Israel combined has certainly heightened tensions and uncertainty in the region.

ISIL's advance may have halted in Iraq, but they are still very much a strategic influence in the region. We may very well be looking at different picture in the Middle East within the next 30 days.