"Trust us" was the line from the Harriet Miers nomination. It didn't fly then and it won't fly now. This is the same crowd that says "trust us" as millions of Mexicans colonize our country out from under us. While the administration deserves the benefit of the doubt, there is little doubt that some of our most important ports are about to be controlled by a major terrorist-producing nation.
If we need to engage the UAE economically, there are ways to do so that don't involve extreme national security risks.
GREAT post!!!
My impression is that a lot of the people making these arguments trust people who took a pay check from Ted Turner to say WHAT HE WANTED THEM TO SAY rather than someone who has stood up to the terrorists and actually killed them and driven them out of their hiding places.
If it comes down to it I will stand or fall with George W. Bush. I trust him. I trust Dick Cheney. I trust Don Rumsfeld. I trust Condoleeza Rice. Above all I trust God and truly believe that He has given us these people at this time as our best (and perhaps last) chance to avoid the total destruction of all life on this planet.
Please tell me who people who distrust George Bush trust and believe. H Ross? My parent knew him personally. My late mothers observation about him were "crazy as a bitsy bug."
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I would like the United Arab Emirates to engage the United States economically. I'd like our government to manage the production of their oil fields. Then, they could manage our sea ports.