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Dubai Ports Deal: A Pitchfork Moment
Human Events ^ | February.24, 2006 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 02/24/2006 10:18:56 PM PST by Reagan Man

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To: Penner
It was not Brits who struck us on 9/11, who rejoiced in the death of 3,000 Americans,

No just a shoe bomber that was rejoicing with the Al-Quaeda terrorists that blew up the underground in London.

181 posted on 02/25/2006 12:26:42 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: Maynerd
"Rush is right on this one"

Then so are Jimmy Carter and the New York Times.


(the uproar against this deal) "is a nativist, isolationist mass hysteria ..." David Brooks, N.Y. Times

"This is a good deal, and it ought to be consummated" Jimmy Carter

182 posted on 02/25/2006 12:27:13 AM PST by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
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To: Howlin

Howlin, this is a timeline. The section begins in 1996 and discusses events up to Sept. 2001.


The report specifically says UAE is a hub for Al-Queda during this time.


183 posted on 02/25/2006 12:28:32 AM PST by Cedar
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To: CharlesWayneCT
"But it makes no sense as a statement of action against a people. In fact, it is precisely the textbook example of a racist comment -- saying that no muslim can be trusted because of the actions of a few muslims."

Is this the DU, I could have sworn I typed in Free Republic?

184 posted on 02/25/2006 12:28:43 AM PST by TheCrusader ("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
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To: unseen
unseen
Since May 10, 2005

Your name would be better as "unheard"

185 posted on 02/25/2006 12:29:03 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: unseen
>>>> ... what I'm trying to say is both BUSH and KERRY and it seems most of our other leaders have the mindset of America last not first.

On this issue, PresBush has shown himself to be more of a corporatist, then a conservative. His defiant public statement earlier this week, was a PR nightmare. Bush and Kerry are both globalists. Kerry more so than Bush is.

>>>>Bush has changed how and why I don't know but he has.

What your seeing, are the first signs of what is called the Presidential Fatigue Factor. It occurs in every second term. Happened to Ike, Reagan and Slick. Except with Bush43, its coming on a little early. The PFF doesn't usually appear until sometime in the last two years of the second term in office. Not a good sign for Dubya.

186 posted on 02/25/2006 12:29:09 AM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

How does giving up our sovereignty constitute long term strategic thinking. You act like the UAE only allows us use of their ports on the condition that we give them our ports. Or that that will not be our friends if this deal goes south. Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia needs US. They need us to protect them from Iran, they need us to buy their oil, they need us to patrol their gulf, they need us to retain their grip on power from their masses. We do not need to give them the keys to our country. they need us more then we need them. We do have an entire country in the gulf now it is called Iraq, we do call the shots there and will for a long time.


187 posted on 02/25/2006 12:30:51 AM PST by unseen
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To: unseen
"No the war on terror is about finding a way to live in peace with a culture that has no tolerance for women's rights, religious freedom of any kind, and has a world view that jihad is an acceptable way to spread their religion, that western ways are evil and must be thrown down and that any person that does not believe in Allah must be converted or killed or taxed or put into slavery."

Well how would you handle the WOT?

188 posted on 02/25/2006 12:31:26 AM PST by Hound of the Baskervilles (Liberals are unfit for citizenship in a country that values freedom and courage.)
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To: babygene
Ah, but little do you know...

I know you're nowhere near the button or anywhere near a position of power that really matters that would embarrass us.

189 posted on 02/25/2006 12:31:31 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: bd476
I wonder if Buchanan is making an obtuse reference to Ireland and Irish wake traditions.

Could be. Interesting find. Thanks.

190 posted on 02/25/2006 12:32:00 AM PST by peyton randolph (As long is it does me no harm, I don't care if one worships Elmer Fudd.)
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To: jveritas; Admin Moderator; unseen

It seems to me that jceritas can't handle debate... Possibly he has wet his pants...


191 posted on 02/25/2006 12:33:49 AM PST by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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To: Echo Talon

Great Britain, Israel and Australia are America's only real friends in the world. Germany's new conservative leader is trying her best to corrcet past diifculties and that's good. I don't consider the UAE to be America's friend. Before 9-11 I wasn't too happy with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the other Islamic nationstates. Since 9-11, my dislike of anything MiddleEastern has grown in intensity. I don't have a problem with the deals we have made with the UAE over there. America's best interests always come first. I say, lets keep those deals over there, and not import them over here.


192 posted on 02/25/2006 12:36:20 AM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: aligncare
I agree but I can not separate the two until the moderate muslim stands up and denounces terrorism, denounces cartoon voilence, denounces the lack of women rights in the muslim world, denounces honor killings, denounces jihad, denounces the lack of religious freedom in the muslim world, denounces riots. I also agree that most Islamic Americans have done most of this so yes I do not see them as our enemy.
193 posted on 02/25/2006 12:37:45 AM PST by unseen
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To: Cedar
Check out the stats on the quantities of drugs distributed through Los Angeles. But, perhaps you're right. Maybe we should isolate LA - a lot of smut is produced in Hollywood, which in my opinion is harming America.
194 posted on 02/25/2006 12:40:58 AM PST by aligncare (Watergate killed journalism)
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To: Reagan Man
Great Britain, Israel and Australia are America's only real friends in the world. Germany's new conservative leader is trying her best to corrcet past diifculties and that's good. I don't consider the UAE to be America's friend.

And yet, Communist China has 50% of the terminals in Los Angeles and others in CA. What should we do, not have any trade? retract all our troops from the whole globe and hide in in a little hole?

195 posted on 02/25/2006 12:43:52 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles
" Why do you think they offered 100 million in Katrina aid? "

Because their sucking at our tit... 100 million, it is a disgrace that we took their money.
196 posted on 02/25/2006 12:45:13 AM PST by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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To: Hound of the Baskervilles

Good question....first we should use our strengths instead of selling them. Our economy is second to none, our marketplace is the best real estate in the world. Any capitalist knows that you do not give away prime real estate away for free. Right now our market place is a free entry. We should charge for entry be it alliances, tariffs, sweet deals on oil below market prices. Our Army is the best in the world. Add more troops to Iraq project power and control. Bring up the standard of living for the avg muslim. Educate the masses of the world. America was the founder of the green revolution that feed the world I see no reason why we can not educate the world. We rebuilt Europe from the ground up. Export our knowledge. Help fund schools that take students away from the terror schools that as of now are the only chance many muslim youths have to learn to read and write in any type of structured learning environment. Show them different types of worldview. Give them choices. Cut off international aid to terror states. That at least would be a start. Germany and Japan thought thought their worldview was right, we taught them differently in war and in peace, Our PR machine is in a very bad need of an upgrade.


197 posted on 02/25/2006 12:52:16 AM PST by unseen
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To: TheCrusader

Excuse me, but I resent being lumped in with the racists over at DU. As a Conservative, I am race and nationality neutral.

IMO, America is rightly and justly at war with JIHADISTS - not all of Islam (note the distinction).


198 posted on 02/25/2006 12:53:49 AM PST by aligncare (Watergate killed journalism)
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To: Echo Talon
>>>>And yet, Communist China has 50% of the terminals in Los Angeles and others in CA. What should we do, not have any trade? retract all our troops from the whole globe and hide in in a little hole?

You were doing fine up until this post. Stop the sillytalk.

We can stick with the status quo, or we can make the proper changes that are necessary to reach the desired results we want. Having Red China control any US ports of entry is something straight out of the twilight zone. This gets us back to CFIUS, and its rubber stamping all those sweetheart deals. What was done with DPWorld/UAE is along the same lines. All of these deals have placed US national security in jeopardy. Pretty obvious to this conservative. Wouldn't you agree?

199 posted on 02/25/2006 12:56:29 AM PST by Reagan Man (Secure our borders;punish employers who hire illegals;stop all welfare to illegals)
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To: Reagan Man; Echo Talon
"You were doing fine up until this post. Stop the sillytalk."

The term is "crazy talk" , not sillytalk...
200 posted on 02/25/2006 1:00:54 AM PST by babygene (Viable after 87 trimesters)
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