The United Arab Emirates – currently taking a political beating
over a deal involving U.S. ports – is no stranger to the issue of
port security. Above: a motorboat off the coast of the capital
city of Dubai. (AP)
Posted on 02/22/2006 1:18:57 AM PST by bd476
The United Arab Emirates – currently taking a political beating
over a deal involving U.S. ports – is no stranger to the issue of
port security. Above: a motorboat off the coast of the capital
city of Dubai. (AP)
Yeah, and didn't some of those same hijackers learn how to fly the planes in Florida? LOL. I say we ban all Floridians from working either in airports or seaports.
bttt
What disgusts me more than anything is that so many GOP politicians are running scared from the liberal press. Even Rick Santorum (who is sweating out an uphill re-election bid) is choking on his own bile to join the Democrats on this "issue" because he figures the ignorant rabble will actually buy the sound-bites they hear on their car radios that we are about to be overrun with docks full of Muslims fork-lifting A-bombs off of ships and onto waiting trucks.
This whole story has made about every politician in Washington look like racist except The President! totally hilarious!
I've been to Dubai five times, most recently five weeks ago. I used to deal with ports and shipping containers from the inland warehouse and distribution end. I know enough to know that most people with something to say on this issue don't know what they are talking about.
Good article. I have made several visits to three different ports in the UAE and security there is anything but lax. This all seems to be a tempest in a teacup.
ping
He'll be fine even if he loses on an over ride.
Political years turn these Congressional scumbags into particularly vile sacks of rancid sh*t.
Thanks for posting this - - it is one of the best articles on the ports issue that I have seen - - mainly because the writer has done a little research and is informed. Congratulations to Dick Meyer for having the integrity to avoid the lazy, knee-jerk reaction.
Stupid politicians running off at the mouth before they have the facts.
We already have troops in the UAE I believe.
I've generally kept quiet on the whole thing, since I know I don't know enough, and haven't found/made time to get really informed about it.
That said, the one thing about this, that really gives me pause, is that Jimmy Carter is for it. That's generally not a good sign.
Still, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then, maybe this is a time when Carter is right.
Sanity prevails!
When someone starts telling me this is a good idea in oppostion to the will of the people and congress, my BS-meter goes off. They are an islamic nation. Islam declared jihad on us. Islam is the state religion of Dubai.
Israel gets it. There is no peace with islam.
Yemen was a fairly friendly port once.
Knee-jerk reaction? How else are we supposed to feel? Many of us lost friends in that attack.
Would we have opened our ports for control by any country with even REMOTE ties to Hitler during the 2nd WW?
Okay. Fine. Let's just trust them.
Wake me when the dust cloud settles.
/g'night
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