Posted on 02/22/2006 9:00:17 PM PST by Kaslin
We got the FACTS; perhaps you should, too.
I call them as I see them.
Knuckle-draggers like Cafferty want to close down Gitmo, close down Abu Ghraib, stop screening at airports but, he'll spit in the face of the only country who is actually working to help stop terrorism and stop their American workers from managing the paperwork at US ports.
Xenophobic numb-nuts.
That's readily apparent.
Blind leading the blind.
I'm so sick of that term. "Knee-jerk." It's used whenever Bush does something monumentally stupid and people on this site speak out against it before Rush has his say. Please tell me how it makes sense that a foreign entity with known ties to terrorism should be able to control ports in the United States.
Whatever...lol.
Perfect.
Cafferty actually made the comment "If this sale goes through, we deserve whatever we get."
Those opposed to this sale (not me) say we are setting ourselves up for a nuke, so I guess Cafferty thinks we deserve getting nuked.
Yes but we don't want to impeach the president every time we disagree with him.
Ask anyone in the United States Navy what there favorite Port is and 8 of 10 will tell you Dubai.
The UAE might have made some questionable decisions in the past when it comes to recognizing the Taliban, but WTF, We were the Taliban's number one supporter when it comes to humanitarian aid, (Democrats made a big deal about this before we removed them from power as they objected to the U.S. invading Afghanistan). The last point is this... If we stop this deal, the most likely company to replace DPW will be an Indonesian Company.
I think once all the propaganda clears (that Chuck Schumer initiated) calms down, we will see just how much the UAE has been our friend since 9/11.
Also, I find it offensive that you characterize the American people as "dumb-as-stumps." Sounds like something Michael Moore would say himself...
Now? Show me some proof.
When this first broke, everyone was against it. Really, it seemed like everyone. But then Rush starts blabbing about it and now most people are suddenly for it? Whatever...
No, some of us actually investigated what this deal was about, and now see that it is totally innocuous.
Most of those who oppose it are ill-informed or simply using anti-Arab sentiment for political gain.
Looks like it.
I don't think we should either. Cafferty is a moron. However, I couldn't let some of the comments in this thread go unchallenged.
He solidified his left-winged lunacy by excusing the appalling incompetancy and apparent corruption of the Lousiana state officials like the Governor Blanco and Schoolbus Nagin after Katrina.
All day people have been saying to those on my side of this debate 'You agree with Jimmy Carter!'
I'd rather have that useless, and ultimately harmless nuisance, on "my side" than be on the side of idiots like Hillary, Chuckie, and this guy, who are taken seriously, are in the current media, and are shaping opinion. Jimmy only talks to the converted; Cafferty talks to...
Well, Wolf Blitzer and their families, who are probably 50% of the CNN audience...
But, you know what I mean!
How recent does this have to be? Shortly before 9/11, we were prevented from attacking Bin Laden because UAE officials were visiting him. I've read that several places today and I'm pretty sure I remember reading about that in the 9/11 Report.
LOL, No truer words have been spoken :-)
Where's the proof of CURRENT ties to terrorism in the UAE?
And, as a sign you're ill-informed, DPW will not be "controlling" ports. They'll be managing terminals at the ports.
I ask any thinking person, how is GWB doing anything that meets an impeachable offense? His administration is following the laws enacted by Congress for CFIUS. What has he done about this port deal that warrants even discussing impeachment???
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