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1 posted on 02/25/2006 5:06:57 PM PST by freedom44
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2 posted on 02/25/2006 5:08:54 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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I guess we will never know thanks to the 'conservatives' who joined with Clinton and Schumer on this.


3 posted on 02/25/2006 5:09:39 PM PST by Perdogg ("Facts are stupid things" - Pres. Ronald W. Reagan)
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What makes anyone think they have to reach the ports?

If they ship out of an enemy port, all they have to do is get within a few miles of any shore before inspection, set off a Nuke and you get nearly the same damage (plus a giant wave).


4 posted on 02/25/2006 5:10:13 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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Wow! Look at all the "Maybe's! " LoL!


5 posted on 02/25/2006 5:12:15 PM PST by Nathan Zachary
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What has happened is that the Bush administration is no longer being given the benefit of the doubt. Things go a lot smoother when we give each other and the administration the benefit of the doubt. I am still undecided, so lets just wait for the hearings. There could be a plan.



6 posted on 02/25/2006 5:13:04 PM PST by FreeRep
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quid pro quo, yea that makes perfect sense to keep Islam from controlling our country and invading our territory we hand over our infrastructure, sort of reminiscent of the presidents plan on illegal immigration, they ain't illegal if we just give them amnesty, problem solved , brilliant idea on how to win the war on insurgents,we just surrender and call it by another name....


9 posted on 02/25/2006 5:25:08 PM PST by seastay
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This is getting sillier by the second.


11 posted on 02/25/2006 5:27:04 PM PST by CWOJackson
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All highly doubtful since President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld both said that they didn't know anything about the deal until, at best, days before it was signed.

I do like Corsi's world better than the one that we live in, though.


12 posted on 02/25/2006 5:33:07 PM PST by Piranha
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Or maybe his brother needs another million for his business? (seeing they have given him a million before)


13 posted on 02/25/2006 5:36:25 PM PST by ears_to_hear
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Has Jay Rockefeller been to Iran yet?.....Alone?


15 posted on 02/25/2006 5:44:10 PM PST by BARLF
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This is the second time I've heard of this possibility, and if that is indeed the case I'd say go for it. In the WOT we've taken Iraq out of the equation, Iran and Syria are possibly the only two rogue states in the ME with the will, determination and the means to actually try to smuggle any WMD potent enough to do real damage to America. Take out Iran and Syria should fall by itself, if not then it wouldn't be such a big deal to invite Syria to the fireworks with a few surgical strikes while Iran is getting wacked.

Now with Iraq, Iran, and Syria out of the equation, the risk of a WMD smuggled into the U.S. from the ME is greatly reduced in my opinion. I am still against the deal going forward, but if I was going to be convinced to change my position, this reason would be it because I am convinced that Iran wants to attack both the U.S. and Israel by proxy. If the above is true then I'd be willing to change my position.


16 posted on 02/25/2006 5:48:04 PM PST by quesera ("The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke)
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George W. Bush wants the UAE to run the ports so that The Jews, big corporations, oil companies, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, white men, SUV owners, the Christian Coalition, and gun owners could oppress women.


18 posted on 02/25/2006 5:58:06 PM PST by mirkwood (Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.)
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...as for the title of this article...DUH!
27 posted on 02/25/2006 6:21:34 PM PST by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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Leak check the membrane that separates parallel universes.


28 posted on 02/25/2006 6:22:52 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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Look at a map of the area and do the math as to how important Dubai would be as a base.
31 posted on 02/25/2006 6:32:19 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Condimaniac)
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Interesting theory...it's been around a while.

VERY WRONG CONCLUSION!


37 posted on 02/25/2006 6:51:12 PM PST by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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Ok, if I'm going to make the perfect tin-foil hat, here it goes. This has nothing to do with attacking Iran but assuring Iran can't block the Straight of Hormuz. Iran said that if sanctions were placed on them they would block the straight which would drive worldwide oil prices to $200 a barrel. This is a "wink, wink, deal, deal" but only in a sense of preventing Iran from blackmailing the Middle-East into Bankruptcy. We do need the UAE in order to respond immediately with air and sea to an Iranian blockade. I'm still undecided on the deal but would hope our military planners thought of other possibilities other than deals with questionable countries.
53 posted on 02/25/2006 9:08:03 PM PST by Wasanother (Terrorist come in many forms but all are RATS.)
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Related thread:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583262/posts
Not So Fast On the UAE Port Deal...Check This Out...


55 posted on 02/25/2006 9:19:14 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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btttt


61 posted on 02/26/2006 2:46:20 AM PST by nopardons
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I dunno if this guy has any truth to his statements or not. However, something's up. I prefer to think it's just incompetence and 'follow the money'.


62 posted on 02/26/2006 2:48:35 AM PST by Lauretij2
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