[Sabramerican]

Also read:

Wesley Pruden

Putting our trust in eager emirs

http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden022106.asp

[zarf]

Can anyne else explain why Al Gore made his speech in Saudi and why George Bush and James Baker go over and make speeches?

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[L98Fiero]

"The obvious question is: If it is dangerous for an Australian to travel to the UAE because of terrorism, isn't it even more dangerous for a company owned by UAE to own the rights to American ports where terror might be directly, or indirectly, imported?"

Whatever your position on this matter, that is a huge logical disconnect.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"If it is dangerous for an Australian to travel to the UAE because of terrorism, isn't it even more dangerous for a company owned by UAE to own the rights to American ports where terror might be directly, or indirectly, imported?"

Chertoff says it's an okay deal. And many others say that too. And they wouldn't lie to us, now would they? Oh, heck, let's just invite them to tea and we'll all be friends...

[Mike Darancette]

The United States has approved a business deal that would turn over the operation of six major American ports to a company that is owned by the UAE

The Ports are owned and operated by local governments. The Uae is buying a company that leases terminals.

[ears_to_hear]

I have come to the conclusion that we have not been attacked again, not because of great national security, but because we are giving the Muslims every thing they want, so why kill the goose that lays the golden egg?

We have no security on our land borders, now we want to give away our sea borders. There is no enforcement on visas except on Europeans .

The only ones being inspected and watched are American citizens as they are frisked going on planes and "observed " in the subway systems and listened to on the phone and internet by big brother.

[pttttt]

In supporting the sale decision by a little-known interagency panel called the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the Bush administration dismissed security risk concerns. National Security Council spokesman Frederick Jones said the sale of the ports for $6.8 billion to Dubai Ports World was "rigorously reviewed" by CFIUS, which, he said, considers security threats when foreign companies seek to buy or invest in American industry. Apparently money talked more than common sense.

While this should concern Congress, there have been other foreign buyouts which should have concerned them a whole lot more (one can search FR for some of them).

All the fuss now over a deal that's relatively easy to police doesn't make sense when compared with some of the stuff that's gone down almost unnoticed.

Still, politics doesn't have to make sense. The Adminstration should have foreseen that this would upset people.

[TheLion]

The ports are not sold!

This company allready secures much of the cargo that comes into US ports from other ports that they run.

They will not be running security at US ports.

This is strange politically and gives the left leverage, but the overall result is probably not a problem.