Bush: Ports Deal Collapse May Hurt U.S.

AP via yahoo.com ^ | March, 10 2006 | JENNIFER LOVEN

[SerpentDove]

>>Nice piece of logic. "We won't sell to them because they are not an ally. See? Now they won't buy from us. Some ally."<<

You have very poor comprehension skills. That is not what I said at all.

Are you drinking? Not that that is really any of my business.

[hedgetrimmer]

Kind of hard to drop it when our Congress has just thrown its finger in the face of the entire Middle east and said "Screw you",

Riiiggghhhttt..... When in wartime did the US ever let a foreign entity have access to our coast? Just wondering. Oh, only in the war on terror? Why is that? Is the strategy to triumph over them via a trade deficit?

[I see my hands]

These neo-haters practice the same sophistry as the left.

[Rockitz]

The president has to walk a narrow line between 1) convincing the Muslim world that this is a War on Terror as opposed to a War on Islam and 2) maintaining national security. On this issue he was really in a Catch-22, since he really couldn't explain this logic publicly for fear of showing his hand to the Muslim world- This ultimately is a War on Islam.

The west cannot afford to fight 1.2 billion Muslims now, so the best hope is to "divide and conquer." To that end, the president is currently going after the more radical elements of Islam (terrorists) with the WOT with the hope of westernizing future generations of Muslims given the time and access to do so. In the mean time he tries to encourage the more moderate Islamic nations (like UAE) and treating them fairly in trade is one way to do that.

This strategy is truly our only hope unless we're prepared to engage in mass genocide. You have undoubtedly noted how easy it is to rally the relatively uneducated Muslim masses into a violent frenzy over the silly cartoon issue and I expect they would do far worse if they knew the west were engaged in a War on Islam.

The Muslim culture is not easily assimilated into a western society, so this will be a supremely difficult challenge. If we can't figure out how to do it, we're doomed to death, dhimmitude (as we're seeing indications of in Europe), or a lot of innocent blood on our hands.

[VeniVidiVici]

And yet these same idiots can't unite on illegal immigration.

[ohioWfan]

Our president is a fool.

Spoken like a true leftist. Oops..........only you're NOT one.

What does that make YOU then??

The President spoke the truth. I'm wondering why that bothers some of you. The collapse of the Dubai deal was due to the duplicitousness of the U.S. Congress which went back on its word to look at the deal for 45 days.

The Congress messed up. Don't blame it on the President.

[hedgetrimmer]

How much has congress cut the budget of the Coast Guard this year? How can citizens (or congress or the president) expect them to do the job of checking every container in every port, without increasing their budget, in order to make the ownership of foreign port facilities palatable to the American people?

[ohioWfan]

Right on both counts about the difference in Reagan's time, McGavin.

Too bad some folks around here have selective memories......

[claudiustg]

---Mideast governments will never be our "partners." Those governments are run by the enemy.---

Maybe now the UAE will start taking such sentiments to heart, now that they are apparently not only being voiced by nutball morons, but by the Congress of the United States.

Maybe they'll decide it's too risky to buy from Boeing, Northrop and Caterpillar. After all Congress may decide it's too risky to sell spare parts to Eh-rab devils.

[claudiustg]

---Our president is a fool.---

And you're Schumer's butt-boy.

[takenoprisoner]

We already wrote our congress. We told them to shut down this dubai deal or prepare to give up their seat to some other candidate willing to protect and defend us from muslim arab terrorists.

They got the message loud and clear. Score one for the citizens of these United States. applause

[SerpentDove]

I'm genuinely curious to know what steps the President took to "sell" this deal to the American people.

[ohioWfan]

Score one for the citizens of these United States. applause

Correction..........score one for the uninformed hysteria of the citizens of the United States, and the buckling under pressure of those who are supposed to lead.

Hardly worth applauding. The death of reason is never a praiseworthy thing......

[M203M4]

Re #10: sarcasm, and the best kind too (a mere hair "beyond").

[FreeReign]

We already wrote our congress. We told them to shut down this dubai deal or prepare to give up their seat to some other candidate willing to protect and defend us from muslim arab terrorists. They got the message loud and clear. Score one for the citizens of these United States. applause

Here's a little reality for you takenoprisoners 'cause I know you're always searhin' for it.

Without the MSM on your side in this, those congress critters wouldn't have lifted a finger for you.

[ARCADIA]

No, I am an independent thinker, perhaps you should try it sometime?

[McGavin999]

Oh, but that's not the point. They don't want to increase the Coast Guard's budget, they want to increase the number of UNION workers.

Funny thing, they're talking about breaking up the deal so several American companies can take over the contracts, but the only way smaller companies will be able to compete will be if they cut costs (employees) and instead go mechanical. Heavy financial investment, but the only way they would be able to meet the contracted prices.

[Indy Pendance]

So, why aren't you president?

[demlosers]

Quack...President Bush is now going to suffer through his last years in the WH.

The only "Quacks" of quackery I here are coming from Congress.

[takenoprisoner]

"Without the MSM on your side in this, those congress critters wouldn't have lifted a finger for you."

You know what they say, sometimes G-d acts in mysterious ways.