When the deep-rooted tree in soil and sentiment returns to pruning its branches, it does not discuss its roots but rather affirms them; because wise trees understand that survival is not static standing, but it is growth toward the light while anchoring the foot deeply! And thus, I understand the restructuring decision which did not come as a revision to the Hashemite covenant with the Jordanians; rather, it came as a modern translation of the philosophy of this covenant that loyalty is not about repeating formulas, but about inventing new ways to stay loyal!
Our Arab army is not merely a military institution; it is the most solid branch of that deep-rooted tree, and when the supreme commander decides to prune and organize it, he is not looking for a "broken contract" but looking for a "new language" for the same old contract. Because the Hashemite covenant with this land was never a paper that could be torn, but a spirit that runs in the national body, and the spirit cannot be restructured, but the body must remain fit to carry it in a time when the forms of challenges have changed. Hence, restructuring transforms from an administrative operation to a meaningful act: the state that holds its historical legitimacy does not fear reviewing its tools, because reviewing the tools is conclusive and strong proof of confidence in the essence!
However, the real question is not: why change now? Rather, it is: how does a state - its legitimacy moral before political - transform emotional loyalty into institutional competency, and how does individual bravery turn into collective intelligence? This is - in my opinion - the fundamental shift in understanding power: power that wants to endure must change. The king who inherits an army burdened with past victories - in all arenas - knows that the biggest betrayal to this past is to freeze it in a museum, while the true loyalty lies in making it capable of achieving new victories with the language of the age!
The battlefield has always been the real test of legitimacy, but the battlefield today is no longer just extended land, but has become a digital space and a psychological space, and the army that is restructured to face these multiple arenas does not deviate from its essence, but expands the definition of soldiery itself: from a weapon bearer to a comprehensive protector of sovereignty.
And technology here is not an objective but a means, it is not a disconnection from the past but a bridge to it, the recruit learning programming today is the legitimate son of the soldier who dug trenches yesterday!
And in this decision lies the Khaldunian wisdom: states like living beings undergo phases, and the nerve that builds a state must transform from the nerve of blood and tribe to the nerve of competence and institutional discipline, and restructuring in this sense is the transition of the army from "traditional loyalty and affiliation nerve" to "modern competency nerve" while preserving the same spirit, just as the river that changes its course occasionally but still retains its water!
It is not hidden from the observer's eye that the region is burning slowly, and the states that will survive are those that redefine their armies from a mere deterrent tool to a qualitative thinking machine. And the Jordanian decision goes further: it transforms the army from an isolated institution to a developmental institution that produces both security and values, making the army not just a protective force but also an effective production force, and this is the profound renewal in the relationship: the citizen does not see his army as a potential repressive force, but as an effective production power!
But will the transformation be comprehensive or superficial? Will the military doctrine change as quickly as the structures? Because the greatest danger in restructuring is that it becomes a new facade for an old mentality, as if dressing the army in digital garb while its heart still beats with the language of the last century. And this is the challenge that every renewal in deep entities faces: how to change without detaching from oneself?
The deep-rooted tree that prunes its branches does not do this once; it makes pruning a way of life. And the permanent state does the same: it makes reviewing its tools a continuous ritual, because the greatest challenge is not in the decision of restructuring, but in transforming restructuring into a mentality, and in making the Arab army not only protect the land but also protect Jordan's ability to develop in a world that only spares those who evolve without compromising who they are!
