Posted on 02/22/2006 1:18:57 AM PST by bd476
.. the standard "personal is political"? lol. Yep, "no ideas"... :)
LOL, they're bound to come up with something like that.
FYI........Our ports should not be in foreign hands but even more so - we are at war with islamic terrorists.
SunnyUsa wrote: "You're thinking like an "westerner"....it's a different culture/cult.
FYI........Our ports should not be in foreign hands but even more so - we are at war with islamic terrorists."
Sunny, if Alia thinks like a "Westerner" in what capacity would you prefer she think?
From what vantage point do you think?
errrr..lets stay in reality and recent history.
We've got plenty of evidence of what trumps their world and it's not money it's fanatical islam and suicide bombers and destruction.
If you don't see that, well - can't help you there.
I'm perfectly willing to let a muslim run the local Quickie Mart. I am NOT willing to let him run six major ports.
There must be a rational limit to our trust.
I wonder what sort of outcry there might have been, had the takeover offer of P&O by Singaporean PSA International Pte gone through.
Under what banner would you place the thinking of the writer of the article? Do you believe that he thinks like a Westerner?
Or how about our President? Does he think like a Westerner?
What do you personally attribute for your method of discerning another's reasoning?
Are you not also a Westerner?
Read the article again. It is well worth it.
BTTT!
If Jimmy Carter AND CBS are for it . . . gives me pause
But as others have pointed out, Hillary, Schumie, and Boxer are all against it.
Bingo!
A few days ago, someone w/port work experience noted that container shipping today is a commodity: it goes where it is needed and there aren't all that many of the ships in relation to the need for them.
Is terminal operations similar? There are a lot of ports; they are essential; there are only 3-4 companies worldwide that provide these services; none of the providers are American (although someone stated there is one US company that does port terminal operations, I haven't yet come across a name). If there is need for terminal operations, will one of these service companies gravitate to take up the slack or will the ports have to shut down?
The ignorance surrounding this deal is breathtaking.
Doubtful there is a port in the country that is administered by any American company.
"Don't you think somebody was watching this early on?"
Of course, and given the operation of worldwide terminal facilities by any number of global operators, the deal was found to be innocuous.
But the meme for Americans is now "Arabs are buying American ports", which is a false, incomplete, and ignorant view which a lot of commentators are trying in vain to correct.
This whole thing is really amusing. The emotional vs. the thinking crowd.
Unbelievable.
I stand staunchly with Bush on this, and frankly am enjoying watching the stupidity of the "oh so smart" crowd. Ha!!
It's possible to be right for the wrong reasons, and maybe Carter is in this case.
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