Documents can be forged and autocratic Arab Muslims have plenty of practice at it and other forms of duplicity. If the UAE was as trustworthy as alleged elsewhere, what need is there for such extraordinary agreements? And if it isn't, what business does the government have in giving them access to our major ports in the middle of a war where most of their people are hardcore enemy supporters?
I agree. I'm trying to be very objective about this, but something in my gut tells me this just ain't right and that we're gonna pay for it somehow, known or unknown. It's just a matter of time before there's another terrorist attack(s) that can be traced to stuff coming in through our DPW controlled ports. Then what?
I know that the going party-line is that UAE is our "ally" as it were. But how on earth would we be able to tell how much of relevant port information came from inside sources within this company. The UAE is almost all muslim and 80% are Sunnis. It is somewhat of a hodgepodge ethnically however.
I'm also still not clear, in spite of the host of lipservice on talk radio w/ Snow/Rush etc. as to exactly what DPW will be doing. It seems as if the party line is that all they'll do is finance the venture, but what needs to be financed and why can't some other company do this?
This whole thing about it being an insult to yank the deal from them is asinine. If they're gonna freak b/c we pull such a deal, then they weren't that great an ally to begin with, were they.
Somethin' about this just ain't right in spite of the backing by some of the conservative biggies.
When I read this I can't help but think of Saudia Arabia. I hear the same things about them from the same people. "They are our friends, we can trust them, etc.." Yet, how many people really think the Saudia's have our best interests at heart?