Jordan’s King Abdullah on Friday said he would be in favour of a Middle Eastern military alliance built on the same model as NATO. “I would be one of the first people that would endorse a Middle East NATO,” the Hashemite leader told the US’ CNBC news channel. King Abdallah evoked the idea of grouping “like-minded countries” in a military alliance build to serve a defined goal. “The mission statement has to be very, very clear. Otherwise, it confuses everybody,” the king added. The Jordanian army already closely cooperates militarily with NATO forces and western troops, and has deployed several…