
Nicholas Pelham suggests so:
By regional standards the turnout of protesters has been puny. Few rallies attract more than five thousand demonstrators; many are attended by only a few score. It is possible to visit the capital and not hear their cries. East as well as West Bankers appear reluctant to join a movement whose slogans are openly seditious. But what the protests lack in numbers, they compensate for in tenacity and depth.
Taylor Luck examines the Kingdom's role in Syria's uprising.
(Photo: Angry Jordanian protesters blockade Jordan's main highway a few kilometers south of Queen Alia Airport that links Amman and the north with all southern cities on October 12, 2011 in West Erainbeh, Jordan. By Salah Malkawi/Getty Images.)