Posted on 02/22/2006 11:23:59 PM PST by demlosers
Yeah, sadly so. I expect more from conservative types however. Thanks.
Imagine that!
If they want to kill us, there are easier and far cheaper ways. This is about making money, that's all.
Yes, that's why I said it's "negligible". Either way this "Portgate" goes, letting DPW run the US terminals, or they do not, inherently the ports will neither be more safe or less safe.
If DPW wanted to attack the US through the shipping industry, they probably could come up with an inside job since they do know the business - a lot cheaper than $6.8 billion
I want to clarify something on the CARL VINSON mooring pier side at Jebel Ali. IF an emergency had occurred the ship would not have been able to get underway out of port right then and there on it's own power. Meaning tugs are required.
The advantage defense wise for anchoring off shore is the immediate within two minutes time to have the ship actually moving underway and completely on it's own power & steering with no help needed. A carrier can do it I saw mine do it in 1977 anchored off the coast of Yugoslavia. The deck houses and anchor was being hoisted the same time the screws were being engaged.
One last point if anyone thinks MARDET would have provided security, MARDET was eliminated I believe sometime in the early to mid 1990's from the carriers. MARDET means Marine Detachment which was the carriers security force used to repel boarders and threats to the ship.
I guess it will be OK for their employees at the ports to be potential terrorists. Some of these ports have huge military shipments. It's a question of Murphy's Law. And no, unlike President Bush, I don't regard the UAE as an equivalent ally to Britain.
This deal is going to make our ports safer. DP World is going to increase already existing company security. They've agreed to more extensive container checks. They have agreed to go above and beyond what the Brits did. Let's go back to that 6 billion figure. How many terrorist attacks could they launch with that amount of money? How many tankers could they load with explosives and destroy each and every one of our ports with that kind of money?
Y'all just aren't making any sense on this issue.
Yemen does not border the UAE. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia
Thanks,Your right but the point is still the same. Under the current threat levels we do not need to be doing U.S. Naval yard work over there. A shipyard is where a ship is most vulnerable both to attack and the compromising of classified material which includes some equipment.
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