"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...
What I'd like to know is where does Australia get off criticizing the US on this "port" decision when they were the ones that ran the new pictures of the Abu Ghraib prison photos. Seems rather hypocritical to me. - ooo, ooo, look what the US is doing - yet they themselves are contributing to the problem of why there is an increase in islamofascism attacks.
I think that this whole deal is absurd and I'd like to know what the bottom-line deal was. What was traded, what was worked out in this secret meeting. Why was it secret? Why didn't this decision involve the companies and the governors of the states that would be affected by this move? Where were the representatives of the Port Authorities of each of these cities?
and I have a question for all. If you don't want the company sold to the Arabs, who do you want the Brits to sell the company to? It is their company so can we really dictate who they sell it to? The only U.S. company that could really take over this type of operation would be Haliburton but we all know how well that would go over. Come on, folks. If we are going to bitch about the problem, then we really need to come up with a solution. Otherwise, we're just blowing hot air.
There are people among those that love this country, that believe that the way to ultimate peace, is to have a rule of law, over the entire globe. One of those is President Bush IMO, and most of those in the higher echelons of our society. It is possible to love America, have its best interests at heart, and be totally wrong. In my opinion, cedeing any of our sovereignty to ANYone or country not within our borders is wrong.