Posted on 02/22/2006 9:00:17 PM PST by Kaslin
This was a boneheaded move by the Administration, but I'm willing to give the President the benefit of the doubt IF he turns this around and stops this transaction from taking place.
The entire thing stinks to high heaven and is in my opinion, an unnecessary risk.
Do you have a reference for that? I'd trust it more if it were not just from memory. No offense, but if I could see the evidence in print we could all learn and discuss it. Thanks.
Have you listened to anything factual about the British sale to the UAE company?
Do you know anything about the role the British company has, which is the same role the UAE company will have?
They're NOT IN CHARGE of our port security.
Here's one link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583834/posts
We get Arab support in the WOT not because they like or love us but because they fear us.
When the public is stampeded by xenophobes and political opportunists, they're showing laziness and ignorance.
They recognized the Taliban and met personally with Bin Laden. It's the same people that run the show now.
And please tell me how much better it is that they will be simply "managing terminals" as you put it.
Ask anyone in the United States Navy what there favorite Port is and 8 of 10 will tell you Dubai.
I didn't know that. Thanks.
I refuse to be on the side of this moron, Hillary, Schumer, NY Times, AP, Washington Post, etc. and I don't care what the subject.
From what I am hearing, egg will be all over some faces when all the facts come out. Too many folks jumped on the bandwagon without waiting for facts it looks like.
Hysteria seems to be the word of the day almost every day around here and is being fed by some others. Makes me wonder.
LOL
That was Clinton. Clinton passed on killing bin Laden three times.
Bush has shown no hesitancy in inflicting collateral damage to take out a prime target.
lol!
At least some people here looked at as many facts as possible and FWIW, were way out front of Rush, on not being hysterics, like you.
You've only been on FR since last OCTOBER; this doesn't give you the right, nor the perspective, to ask "WHAT'S HAPPENED TO FR?" !
It's more complex than that.
LOL!
I saw a report on DU that it was Bush, after 9/11 (2004 IIRC).
Box of salt and all that.
Get glasses! ;^)
Actually people in in the UAE have ties to Bin Laden--not the UAE government. Conversly, the intel that UAE provides on terrorists is significant. Look on a map and see where they are. Without going into detail UAE has been pivotal in the Iraq war--especially during the early mobilization. Bush knows this and knows their reliability. This port thing isn't even a close call when you know the facts.
You got that right.
This is getting out of hand now.
There are other foreign companies in control of U.S ports. In fact, Great Britian (one U.S port company)was also the home of shoe bomber, Richard Reid, and the subway suicide bombers. None of those people committed acts of terrorism against us.
The UAE also owns an airline with flights coming into the U.S. Nothing has happened with their planes so why would anything happen with their port?
This is much ado about nothing and is being driven by the slimy dems and their media.
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