Posted on 02/22/2006 6:02:20 PM PST by slowhand520
Thats all for now. If posted already sorry
You think the Chinese are more closely alligned to our ideology than the UAE?!?
Hehe.
Did you read this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583784/posts
I didn't. I'll take a look.
The allies' cooperation has cut down on the number of casualties we have suffered in Iraq.
Just because you didn't know how these deals work doesn't mean it's a coverup.
You went off halfcocked and now you're going to look silly.
O FGS.....we are NOT turning our ports or SECURITY over to them....why don't you go do some reading....okay?
My point is, the last time we heard this statement it was in regard to another phoney boloney "crisis".
You maybe right about that.
I can understand why port operations are a big deal to him, though. The New York Container Terminal at Howland Hook is one of the largest employers in his district (though I don't think the UAE deal has any impact on that terminal).
I missed that so thanks for posting it. I did see on Fox earlier that DPW already services U.S. Naval vessels in the Gulf. The knee-jerking on this issue by some FReepers has been truly astounding.
"Great. So AFTER we have been nuked, Dubai will have to "cooperate" with the investigation. That makes me feel so f*ing secure."
How would this ccause to our being 'nuked'?
They would have NO involvement in security. If we get nuked, blame our security failures.
Def. I mean freakin General Franks say this a good thing. This is one reason I am glad I voted for Bush. POlicy not made on polling data. Americans have an attention span of 5 minutes. Its amazing Nixon goes makes a deal with red China to use against the Russians. Bush makes a deal with the freakin UAE Govt that has never sent troops against us unlike the Chinese and poof Bush is a sell out.
This article (from CBS, no less!) dispels a lot of the mindless, knee-jerk reactions some people have upon first hearing about the sale. Happy schooling!
Regards,
LH
Good point. This needs to be known big time. I didn't know.
Many FReepers are in full agreement with that point of view. One can certainly understand their rationale. But underlying it is the idea that Arab=terrorist, despite the fact that the UAE in particular has been a very good ally in the WOT. (Some have gone so far as to suggest that we're actually at war with the UAE -- which no doubt surprises the American service-folks who go there on vaction....)
I have no problem with taking extra precautions in this deal -- but to scrap a deal because of the mere presence of the word "Arab" isn't rational -- it's stupid bigotry, in fact.
The real noise comes from a different source: the D's, thinking they can get Bush with this one. Hardly the sort of bandwagon I want to hop onto.
This makes the Republicans appear rational, and the Dems appear to be sending mixed messages.
Karl Rove is brilliant!
The bottom line for me is that in order to support a bad port deal with the UAE, you'd have to be a traitor. I do not think George W. Bush could EVER be a traitor to this Country. QUITE the opposite.
I have no idea. I was just reporting what he said.
I'm a one-eyed, one-egged, fryin' yellow people watcher.......and the deal looks good to me.
Leni
Neither did I.
Puts a whole new perspective on things.
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