To Arabs, port-deal backlash looks like bias

Seattle Times ^ | Febuary 23, 2006 | Jim Krane

[strange1]

"This is Arab-phobia," says one Arab security analyst. "I can see no other reason behind it."

It sure as He77 wasn't Irish who bombed the WTC twice, or the USS Cole, etc, etc.

Phobia, maybe, prudence, absolutely!

[Cannoneer No. 4]

I'm beginning to lose interest. Too much hysteria. Fatigue has set in. I can only beat my head against a wall for so long.

Time will tell.

[prous]

Seems like it was America-phobia that caused Arabs to fly planes into the WTC and Pentagon.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

A "phobia" is defined as an "irrational or excessive fear".

[Spok]

The Arabs have to realize that terrorists running amok aren't doing them any favors, either.

And if we're going to hold all white males responsible for slavery that happened centuries ago, maybe all Muslims are accountable for 9/11. (rhetorical sarcasm)

[Mayflower Sister]

Do they care at all what Americans thought of Arabs when the Towers and the Pentagon and a lonely field in Pennsylvania were ruthlessly and needlessly ruined by hijacked airlines filled with innocent American citizens?

[scory]

Well, let's see -

Stories of Arab and Moslem violence saturate the airwaves and print media not just since 9/11 but continuously for decades -

The leaders of Iran, Iraq (pre Saddam mostly but a few post Saddam), the Palestinians, Syria and Arab and Moslem clerics worldwide have been calling the U.S. the "Great Satan" and praying for our destruction or actively supporting efforts to kill our people both at home and abroad -

Our current president has said since 9/12/01 that we are at war with a radical terrorist network and the nations who support them and that this threat is so severe it warrants preemptive strikes and other extraordinary measures to protect us -

We have been attacked over and over and over again for decades by islamic fanatics virtually all of whom are Arabs and who are either given silent support (how else to interpret the silence of the Moslem masses?) or open praise by other Arabs for their efforts -

It is now said that to question this sale is an act of racial bias.

I am beginning to think that Mr. Bush and his supporters are either fools or too stupid to be allowed near positions of responsibility. At the very, very least there should be a coherent and believable set of reasons promulgated for this action (is there anyone with an IQ above room temperature who could not foresee that this act in the present circumstances would cause an eruption among the American people and would have prepared to meet this quickly and competently and so quiet the jumpiness?).

I don't know if this is a big deal or not. But I certainly understand why some people would be concerned about it and I certainly understand that it needs more in response than stupid name calling and stories how "offended" Arabs are about the reaction.

[kinghorse]

This to me is proof positive 9-11 could not be an inside job. No freaking way. It's having precisely the effect OBL wanted - to get our general populace good with the idea of throwing our friends in the ME under the bus. The Congress is showing itself to be a bunch of populist knee jerks.

[liberte]

To Americans, Islamic intolerance, rape, and murder is beginning to look a little "biased" as well.

[freedomson]

BELCH!

[vetsvette]

It's hard to argue with this! Failing to amend our Constitution to accommodate Muslim sensitivities toward free speech is clear bias; any reluctance to turn all of our ports over to the UAE government is clear bias; in fact, failure to turn our entire Government over to Islam is clear bias. We're just a bunch of racists who can only find redemption through total and complete surrender.

[Stellar Dendrite]

To: STARWISE; Mo1; onyx

It turns out that an anti-Israeli foundation run by the crown prince of Dubai owns the very deed to CAIR's headquarters located almost in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. The foundation has held telethons to support families of Palestinian suicide bombers.


http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:BgAAE3vM-q8J:www.discoverthenetwork.org/Articles/Z-CAIR.htm+cair+dubai&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a

1,052 posted on 02/21/2006 4:47:58 PM CST by hipaatwo

[Wolfie]

Relax. Odds are the nuke won't go off near you. Maybe that will wake our leaders up. Then again, maybe not.

[1_Of_We]

Yeah! What you said!

[Earthdweller]

"This is Arab-phobia," says one Arab security analyst. "I can see no other reason behind it.""

Yes and the DNC is the most against the deal...the big fat racists!

I think I'll sit back and relax with a nice hot cup of Cocoa and watch the show.

I see a major Democratic party meltdown on the way.

[rawcatslyentist]

In a related story, the lack of Bible printing shops in arab lands is still seen as more than bias!

[TheCrusader]

"To Arabs, port-deal backlash looks like bias"

To me, muslim riots against the West all over the world looks like bias.

Denmark prints a mohammed cartoon, outraged muslims burn down embassies, beat innocent Christians to death in the streets, burn down Christian Churches and destroy Western businesses, that's ok.
The U.S. feels insecure about letting said 'religion of peace' members operate our port terminals, and we are 'biased'.
Saddest of all, many Americans buy into this 'biased' crap. The world really has gone insane, the West as much as the islamofacists. They are homocidal, we are suicidal.

[TheCrusader]

" It's having precisely the effect OBL wanted - to get our general populace good with the idea of throwing our friends in the ME under the bus."

Our "friends in the middle east" are Isreal, not the UAE. The UAE doesn't even recognize Israel as a legitimate State, and until we invaded Afghanistan and overthrew the Taliban, the UAE recognized those butchers as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Right now the UAE are our purchased allies, bought for a price just like Pakistan. I don't want to see that price get so high that we give away our ports to our enemies.

If we don't wake up soon, American will be hanging from its own 'multicultural' noose. Islam is no friend of Western man, nor are they the friend of any other 'infidel' for that matter.

[Mike Darancette]

American backlash over Dubai running U.S. ports boils down to something simple — and ugly:

Dubai will not be running U.S. ports.