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Cmon BushBots... Lets hear you explain this away...

The UAE is a friendly country. Further, they sell us oil, we have to let them use the dollars to buy something from us.

If you don't like this arrangement, stop using their oil or form a corporation, raise the capital and out bid them for the ports.

The UAE is a friendly country. Further, they sell us oil, we have to let them use the dollars to buy something from us. If you don't like this arrangement, stop using their oil or form a corporation, raise the capital and out bid them for the ports.

Megadittoes, thank you for putting it succinctly.

Now having said that, tomorrow I will buy stock in Toyota, hoping to gain profit from sale of their Prius (hybrid product). Because I just know that these FReepers who are SO hysterical about this port issue will run out and buy them.... right!??

crickets.........

Don't be such a Bush lock stepper...

Sniffing around on the web I did find this interesting tidbit of info on UAE...

Foreign Affairs: The UAE and Iran continue to dispute the ownership of three islands, Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands, which are strategically located in the Strait of Hormuz. All three islands were effectively occupied by Iranian troops in 1992. The Mubarak field, which is located six miles off Abu Musa, has been producing oil and associated natural gas since 1974. In 1995, the Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed that the islands are "an inseparable part of Iran." Iran rejected a 1996 proposal by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the dispute to be resolved by the International Court of Justice, an option supported by the UAE. In early 1996, Iran took further moves to strengthen its hold on the disputed islands. These actions included starting up a power plant on Greater Tunb, opening an airport on Abu Musa, and announcing plans for construction of a new port on Abu Musa. In the dispute, the UAE has received strong support from the GCC, the United Nations, and the United States. Although Iran remains a continuing concern for officials in Abu Dhabi, they have chosen not to escalate the territorial dispute. Iran is one of Dubai’s major trading partners, accounting for 20 percent to 30 percent of Dubai’s business.

It would seem that being joined at the hip with UAE would by proxy allow us to concurrently solve two issues should it come to blows with Iran...I will let you fill in the blanks...but as a hint...I would bet that any move on Iranian nuclear capability might also include an ancillary 'hammer' on them and return control for these 'disputed' islands and 'gold' underneath them...to the UAE...

My beef with the admin is that they don't call it as it is...its not rocket science...see the enemy...know th enemy...kill the enemy...

I grow weary of the the calculated obfuscation that seems to be so natural to this administration...quit beating around the bush and give us the straight skinny...

Why the hell should I have to dig dig dig to try and put the pieces together?