Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal

AP ALERT

[Brian Mosely]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.

[ruschpa]

Anyone want to guess what his poll numbers will be like in the next poll?

[DC Ripper]

>>Lawmakers, he said, must "step up and explain why a middle eastern company is held to a different standard."<<

You..are..kidding me. He actually said THAT?

[TexasCajun]

More important to me is the inspection of those containers BEFORE they enter American waters.

Once in port, any WMD can be detonated before it leaves the ship.

I believe inspection of containers overseas destined for the US is nonexistent?

All I know is there are millions of muslims that would like to kill me and my family.

This deal would mean more insight into port operations even if the UAE company is not responsible for overall security.

[StockAyatollah]

The Bushbots and the "Israel is always right" neocons will destroy each other over this.

[Dog]

And now he is willing for the first time to use his veto pen - against a bill that would halt this sale.

I don't like it either..so calm down.

[Lazamataz]

Ikea has a big store in Dubai, too, so it's OK.

Well then! Send them our F22 Raptor plans!

[NapkinUser]

Call the bluff. Bush has said threatened many times to veto stuff and has not. He put his foot down and said he would veto the highway no matter what if it was over 2.87 trillion. It was 2.96 trillion and he signed it. I'm almost convinced Bush wants to go down in history as the president who never vetoed anything.

BLOCK THIS SALE NOW!

[Sybeck1]

We probably have naval vessels peacefully docked in Dubai UAE right now. Should that be prohibited?

[Flavius Josephus]

Rush (or was it Vannity?) said Schumer said he would rather see Halliburton do it than the government of the UAE.

[freepatriot32]

Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?

Maybe he is afraid his lover will cut him off if he refuses to allow this deal ?

[yield 2 the right]

To: Brian Mosely

Keep your Friends close and your enemies closer !

136 posted on 02/21/2006 3:46:09 PM EST by ATOMIC_PUNK (The Death Penalty isn't for making examples it's for making bad people DEAD!)

Hey, I was going to post that!

P.S. Spell checked and corrected...

[Centurion2000]

I cannot believe of all the crap that has come out of Congress that THIS would be his first item to veto.

Nice conservative record there chief.

[Hildy]

If he made some kind of deal with them for their support on the WOT, he's a bigger fool than I thought. They're a bunch of liars. What is going on in this Country?

[Craigon]

The minute Peanut Boy and other Fahrenheit-911 libs jumped on the boat, I got off. You all have a good time sharing the boat with ‘em. After some thought, it does not really matter who owns the port. They won’t run it or man it whether it’s British, Danish or TurbanHead. I do like the idea of Halliburton taking on the port ownership! That crossed my mind several days before Rush even mentioned it. It would be a beautiful thing to see the DUmmies go into total melt down over a deal like that...lol

[brownsfan]

"With only 4% of incoming cargo inspected, and much of it already from the Mid-East, does it really matter that a UAE firm owns this rather than a Brit firm? "

And just when does it matter? That's pretty defeatist isn't it? We're already insecure, so let's invite our enemies to have more access?

Gee, my son would love that logic. My room and bed are just going to get messed up, so why bother to clean and make them. I'm just going to get dirty tomorrow, why bother to shower?

[Dewy]

"Bush won't veto a spending bill...but this one he will? He is beyond stupid on this matter & illegal immigration. If this goes through, any attack on those ports in the future will be his fault."

I give up on Bush some time back. I am amazed how a Christian could do some of the things he's done and supported in the middle east.

[Clemenza]

Hearings and inquiries I have no problems with. I for one would LOVE to see Sheik Makhtoum face down Chuck the Schmuck.

[IndyTiger]

The Dumcrats are salivating. Bush has thrown his party into the fire. I have lost all respect for him.

Yep. Now the Democrats can come out strong to the right of Bush on this issue promoting themselves as the "party of security". I would look for Hillary to make a major statement soon about this. She has already moved to outflank Bush on immigration.

[conservativebabe]

The thing I can't figure out is what is the advantage in this deal for the US? What benefit is there?

Makes no sense.

[HKMk23]

So do I understand correctly that President Bush supports the purchase of facilities at six of our major ports by UAE companies?

This is NOT a "purchase", there is no transfer of ownership of real property at any of these ports. What there will be is a change in service providers for some contract services at those ports. From a security standpoint, the US Coast Guard and US Customs will continue in their roles in securing the facilities and screening incoming cargo. Also, port workers will still be US longshoremen (which is why you haven't heard the union screaming). The UAE company will simply take over the contract work previously handled by the British contract firm. Notably, this UAE company already runs the operations at several key overseas ports, so they would be running things at both ends where cargos originate from ports they already operate.

So, while I think the situation is unwise, it isn't primarily from a security aspect or ownership aspect that I think it so, but from an aspect of where the profit from port operations will end up. The UAE is a haven for ME money laundering operations with terrorist ties and you can bet that port operation profits will find their way to terrorist-held accounts.

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Of course, there's always another angle to this: echoing the stance of the Bush White House on illegal immigration, maybe this UAE firm is simply doing a job that US companies aren't willing to do?
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