[dmanLA]

I doubt that security could be any tighter because I just can't picture a foreign terminal owner bombing his own business. What stupidity.

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That's because you are thinking like an American. To most Americans, their money/business has very high priority. To those who don't even value their own life, do you think they value their business/job/money?

Bottom line is that the values of our adversaries will most likely not match your own values.

[syriacus]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588559/posts?page=31#31

Bill Clinton and others arranged for perks for China Ocean Shipping Company (The Chinese Government's shipping company)

"ASSAULT WEAPONS" FOR U.S.

Was a federal probe into a massive Chinese arms smuggling operation [via a COSCO ship in March 1996] foiled by insiders who knew the investigation put Clinton's China connection at risk?

Despite the involvement of a COSCO ship in the smuggling...


Clinton Administration allowed COSCO's ships access to our most sensitive ports with one day's notice rather than the usual four,

In April 1996, with the support of the Clinton Administration, COSCO signed a lease with the City of Long Beach, California to rent a now defunct navy base in Long Beach, California.

Clinton gave COSCO a $138,000,000 loan guarantee to build ships in Alabama.

*The U.S. government agreed to exempt COSCO from laws discriminating against state-owned shipping companies.

Chen Hongsheng, Executive Vice President of COSCO Group must have smiled, when he said:

"COSCO is like a bridge across the ocean to link China with the United States...COSCO has also formed partnership with several US ports and terminal operators."

[syriacus]

Sorry, I did not mean to send long post to you, right above.