Dubai threat to hit back (UAE Threatens Against Boeing and US Bases Support)

The Hill.com ^ | March 9, 2006 | Roxana Tiron

[Howlin]

Let's cut to the chase: it's brown skin that's the problem here.

And watch all these people who are crowing about Congress "doing what it's suppose to be doing, listening to their constituents" when Congress doesn't pass anything to fix immigration.

It will be another story then.

[TigersEye]

Sorry, it was indeed a brain fart under duress.....:-)

LOL Serenity now! Serenity now!
(sorry for the arcane Seinfeld reference for those who don't know it)

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

We also have thousands of admitted war criminals, criminal fugitives, and terrorist cells in this country.

What is your point?

That the capabilities of our intelligence services-both domestically and abroad-are deficient?

I agree with you.

This is not a case of guilt by association.

The U.S. pressured the United Arab Emerites to crack down on Islamic terrorism, fraudulent banking transactions, and numerous other kinds of criminal activity prior to 9/11.

They did not listen to our advice because they were more interested in making money.

[Solson]

Dem four-en-ers don't belong herr...ya knaw. git 'im all outta herr. save my job en all.

[Cold Heat]

Go vote Rat,

Nope....I won't need to. Never would anyway, because what will happen is that many will simply be fed up and stay home for the congressional elections, and as I said, You won't like the candidate that gets through the primary for president, so then you will either stay home or vote third party.

This gives a great gift to the rats who only need to sit back and watch.

But I'm not going to stop it any longer. I'm convinced now that the right wing of the party has no business running this country.

So I will vote accordingly, as will the majority of the public. The message will be clear, and unfortunately this is not the first time it has been taught!

Ask Pat Buchanan.....

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

You said it!

:)

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>It leaves the democrats without an issue,

Which may be the UAE's strategy in selling this to a US firm. One ace the GOP has up it's sleeve on this is what will happen to our allies on the ME the day Hillary takes the Oath of Office and makes Howard Dean or John Murtha the next SecDef.

[ohioWfan]

I told you the conversation with you was over, jpsb, so please don't post back to me.

You think the U.S. Military is UN-American. That's all I need to know about you to ignore anything further you say.

(And the 'cool-aid' [sic] comment put an exclamation point on the worthlessness of your comments to civil discourse).

[Junior_G]

I swear this is Pat Buchanan's revenge.

Pat Buchanan has been politically irrelevant for a while, but he seems to have earned a special place in the psyche of the true Bush loyalists. He's like the boogeyman in the closet to you guys.

[hedgetrimmer]

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Who's pretending and telling lies to whom?

[F16Fighter]

"I've been keeping an eye on this FR poll that the pro-porters were crowing about not so long ago.

It appears that composite support for this deal is no longer a majority. Member support, in the high 50s a couple of weeks ago, is now 50.6% and sinking fast."

IF the poll was run again, I'd venture to say with the latest "facts" the numbers would once again be reversed.

"I also love watching so many people who up to now have claimed to be 'Reagan conservatives' proudly blowing off Ronald Reagan's fundamental faith and belief in the wisdom of the American people."

Yep. According to some sychophantasmic Freepers, suddenly the King and his Court know better than us dummies about EVERYTHING, and thus we should just "shut up."

[hedgetrimmer]

Because P&O and DP World had an agreement in place that gave them the right of first refusal.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

This is not a good practice, but it is a necessary one. We gave financial aid to Augusto Pinochet. Unfortunately, this wasn't financial aid to send him to an ethics class. It was financial to prop a despicable dictatorship that was one step less vile and inimical than the one Che Guevara would have built in its place.

Incrementalism is creeping in. What is wrong with saying "no"? We have no obligation to these despots. Look where appeasement got us with Saddam. We looked the other way while he slaughtered the Kurds that WE encouraged. Isolationism is bad. Supporting miscreants is worse.

[ohioWfan]

Agreed. Congress just shot America in both feet.

And the irony is, that they hurt America to get themselves re-elected.

Poll-driven hysteria rules the day.

[hedgetrimmer]

Dem four-en-ers don't belong herr...ya knaw. git 'im all outta herr. save my job en all.

Anti-americanism

[Junior_G]

Let's cut to the chase: it's brown skin that's the problem here.

LOL!!! Preach it, Jesse!

[Dolphy]

Go ahead and be ashamed and self loathing. There happens to be a global jihad declared against the US. If we had not reacted prudently, it would have shown weakness.

The self loathing are those, absent the full facts, who sought to block this deal. They showed contempt for our laws, fair hearings and an ally that has far more at risk with the US military on their land than we do with a few terminals in their ownership. We showed ourselves as weak, unable to trust the outcome of a fair process.

[George W. Bush]

Bush has promised to veto any bill to stop the sale. I just have to wonder why he is so determined to see this through.

Because he doesn't have to pander to some mindless anti-Arab congressional witchhunt during an election year like the craven Congress?

Watching the GOP trying to out-Dim the Dims while shooting our strategic alliances in the foot is pretty sad. Though not my custom, I have to give Bush full credit here for trying to save a vital strategic and military interest over the congressional lynch mob.

Bush: 1
Congress: 0

[Jhohanna]

Freepmail! :D

[TigersEye]

LOL - it was a joke. Guns don't kill people - people do. Kinda like that. People are so worked up about this and in the end, I would bet the UAE will find some kind of back door deal and it will happen eventually. And maybe we can build a few more mosques just to keep our "friends" happy.

I see. I missed the subtle, untagged sarcasm amidst all the gross stupidity here. But...we humiliated a very macho bunch who have sacrificed a great deal of prestige in their own world to work with us for peace and progress. They may find ways to heal this new rift but we just made it far harder for them and far, far harder for other nations on the fence with us to trust us.