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.

[mystery-ak]

Or paying in advance for something (think logistics for the coming war in Iran).





If I was a betting person, I'd take this bet...

[jimbo123]

And this Dubai company would be informed of classified security directives from the DHS, FBI, CIA and InterPol.

The muslims might not BE IN CHARGE of security, but they WILL HAVE ACCESS TO top secret security information that they would pass along to their allies in Al Qaeda, Iran and North Korea.

I can't believe this administration is parsing their words on the situation just like the Klintons do...

[Pukin Dog]

I don't know how often Bush has to beat up on the Democrats before some of you get a clue. I guess this time you will just have to watch and learn.

[Bahbah]

I just can't do this .. I can't get behind this stupid idea .. it sucks!

Discussion on this topic has reached Schiavo/Meirs level. It is simply out of control. You have to read 20 or more posts to find anything with a fact in it. The only thing wrong with this is the lack of PR skills on the part of the Administration. My goodness.

[UCANSEE2]

Sorry. Most people are not interested in facts, only in their vested emotions.

[green iguana]

The UAE company will simply take over the contract work previously handled by the British contract firm.

Actually, the British firm will continue to do all of the work. P&O will still exist as a wholly owned subsidiary of the UAE firm.

[Terpfen]

What is he thinking?

He's thinking that it doesn't matter who owns the port, because Customs and the Coast Guard will still operate the port--not the UAE company. And the company can't say a damn thing about the procedures and rules of the Coast Guard, DHS, or Customs. Period. The Democrats can try it, but only kooks who already hate Bush, and apparently some FReepers, would believe that the president waging the war on terror would actually allow a security risk of the magnitude being (ignorantly) described.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Would you have pedophile babysit your child??

Much less an UAE islamofascist pedophile?

[reelfoot]

Any report on where they found the lost veto pen?

[Unkosified]

I read that not one American company put in an offer to buy from the British.

[randog]

This is Bush's Panama Canal Treaty.

Well put, and interesting to note that the man behind the Great Canal Giveaway gives a two-thumbs-up to this port deal.

[Sabramerican]

A man's gotta eat. Need to prepare for retirement.

After the Presidency he will go into the family business: Toadies for the Saudis.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Harriet withdrew after the committee sent back her answers saying they were shocked at how bad they were. The ranking member said it was the first time ever he could remember that a nominee's responses had to be sent back because they were so bad.

I think being told you couldn't even complete the questionaire right kind of signalled to Harriet that the nomination wasn't going to work out, so she withdrew.

So you are wrong to say "nothing changed".

[Jack of all Trades]

Perhaps I'm living in a fantasy world, but I hope this is a bait-and-switch ploy to get the Democrats to vote for Halliburton.

Throw out an absolute non-starter. Exhaust the opposition. Burn up some personal political capitol. Swap in an alternative that might not have flown if the field had not been prepped. It worked with Myers/Roberts, Alito.

Just a thought.

[Crawdad]

I'm not saying anything else about this until I hear what David Gregory has to say.

[Alberta's Child]

Our ports remain US ports. It's a management deal. Port Security remains US Customs just like before.

Absolutely right.

The ignorance of so many people on this issue is unbelievable. This story is about as damaging to the credibility of the so-called "conservative media" as the Texas Air National Guard story was to Dan Rather.

[Flavius Josephus]

James Zogby is complaining that it's racist NOT to sell the ports to Arabs.

It is antisemitic to sell the ports to people who don't believe Israel has the right to exist. Zogby is the racist.

[SENTINEL]

This is even worse than when Jimmy Carter gave away the Panama Canal. If he ignores us on this topic like he ignored us on border security, as far as I'm concerned, impeach away.

What would Reagan have done ?

[new yorker 77]

The responses here are both paranoid and feckless.

Emotional rants are the method of liberals.

[kenth]

He wouldn't veto CFR, but this has him all atwitter.