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Chertoff Defends UAE Port Deal
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| 2/20/06
| Fox News; AP
Posted on 02/20/2006 7:28:25 AM PST by standingfirm
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To: commish
We aren't at war with Britian. Big difference, eh?
To: Dane
The Rats are just whining because their pals, the ChiComs aren't in on the deal.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:43:05 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: MNJohnnie
You said:
"The fact that the Port Operation company has NO security functions is either willfully or inadvertently left OUT of the story. Chertoff said: "In Washington, Chertoff said DP World should not be excluded from operating the U.S. ports just because it is based in the UAE. DP World would not be responsible for cargo screening, which is performed by the Department of Homeland Security, but the port operator would handle security for cargo coming in and out of the port and the hiring of security personnel."
Well, which way is it? Believe me, I'm not some idiot just starting to pay attention. And I'm not someone who is just going to bow the knee just because the White House says it's OK. Our representative here is FL (Mark Foley-R) is also demanding a congressional look see. I agree with him.
To: battletank
Nice strawman -- we are not at war with the UAE either -- we have military bases in the UAE.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:44:09 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: standingfirm
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:45:38 AM PST
by
Dewy
(1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;)
To: commish; cripplecreek
So, the port operations are not being sold to a foriegn power, they were already run by a foriegn power. The British company isn't owned by England, it is private and has stockholders.
However, DP World IS state owned, by Dubai.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:47:09 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: commish
we have military bases in the UAE.
We have troops in a lot of places we shouldn't trust.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:47:43 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: commish
Nice strawman -- we are not at war with the UAE either -- we have military bases in the UAE.
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Is it safe for our service persons, to leave those bases?
To: battletank
...the port operator is responsible for securing cargo coming in and out of the port...Load and unload those boxes over there. Check.
...the port facility itself...
Turn the lights off when you leave. Check.
...and the hiring of security personnel...
They might do themselves a favor by rehiring the security detail already in place.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:49:23 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: battletank
We aren't at war with Britian. Big difference, eh? No, but I would prefer to buy my gas from an American company. I've traded for years at Amoco, then all of a sudden it says bp. It took some time to realize this is British Petroleum.
Are there any American-owned gas companies left? There doesn't seem to be a whole lot to choose from. Quick Shop?
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:49:35 AM PST
by
Aliska
To: commish; jv1
Maybe but this freeper has a different take on it.
I agree, as I frequently travel to Dubi. They tolerate us, they are not our friends.
Post 7
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:51:10 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: Aliska
Conoco is one, Cenex is another, I've even fueled up at an Exxon station last Thanksgiving.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:51:46 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: Dane
That cash infusion saved Murdoch from a takeover, but what the hey I guess you don't think a wahabbist saudi prince wouldn't call in some favors. You think 5% is a controlling interest?! LOL
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:53:29 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: DJ MacWoW
If he traveled there frequently, he would by now know it's spelled Dubai.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:53:53 AM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Proud to be a cotton-pickin' Republican on the GOP Plantation)
To: standingfirm
Chertoff has just squandered his credibility.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:54:57 AM PST
by
Lexington Green
(Hollywood Patriot - Now THERE'S an oxymoron.)
To: standingfirm
Has anyone dares speak the M-word in all of this?
UAE is a Muslim country.
Look at the news. Muslims are becoming radicalized. All around the world.
The third world war is escalating - it is morphing into a true clash of civilizations. President Bush, while I support and respect, is remarkably naive about some of this.
Democracy and free trade are not magic. There is a philosophy in western cultures, which combine with them, to create the good characteristics of America.
Democracy combined with, for example, Pakistan - created another Taliban. Free trade combined with the Peoples Republic of China - destroyed our industrial base.
It's time for some REALPOLITIC for a change.
We need to start looking out for ourselves. The world is becoming dangerous. The PRC (probably coordinating efforst with Russia) is methodically orchestrating *our* encirclement.
We're the target. Bigtime.
WAKE UP PRESIDENT BUSH.
To: BigSkyFreeper
If he traveled there frequently, he would by now know it's spelled Dubai. Never made a spelling error or missed a key? You're a perfect typist? I don't pick at anyones grammar or spelling. It calls undue attention to mine. And that's pretty thin evidence on which to call another freeper a liar.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:57:06 AM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
To: standingfirm
We should monitor our own ports.
This is mostly a political/media thing (heh, that ironically, our side started while pointing out how insane the Chaney hysteria was)
The thing is we weren't doing it before. It was a British company and a Chinese company that did the port security before. The UAE company just bought them.
The whole question is should Bush have stepped in and noticed and said 'no way', but its not like they directly made this kind of call.
Anyway, this 'argument' is waaaaaaay to suspicious for most non-engagued Americans, and I think Bush will back down on it. Which I have to say I don't mind.
In all reality, the UAE firm has so much invested and owns so many major ports, they would probably be totally professional... but I don't think you can make that argument to most people UNLESS you explain there is no American firm to do this, and IF there was, it would be a "Halliburton" type company, which the libs would hate for 'getting all the port jobs' anyway.
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posted on
02/20/2006 7:57:24 AM PST
by
FreedomNeocon
(I'm in no Al-Samood for this Shi'ite.)
To: standingfirm
This sounds like a good idea. We could also privatize the U.S. Border Patrol and take contract bids from Central and South America. Nuts on this proposal.
Muleteam1
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:03:15 AM PST
by
Muleteam1
(MEDIA-CRITY - news of low quality and value and assumes brainless consumers.)
To: MNJohnnie
My understanding is they will be in charge of screening cargo.
Bad idea.
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posted on
02/20/2006 8:05:10 AM PST
by
tomahawk
(Proud to be an enemy of Islam)
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