Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
You are now employing the slippery slope fallacy into your argument.
I see; asking you a flat out question is now characterized as "slipper slope."
Ignorant.
Buchanan failed in his protectionist efforts in the early 90's. But it gave birth to the modern day Mexican bounty hunters who oppose anything having to do with something other than a lilly-white foreigner.
Recognize yourself?
;-)
While never a big fan of Bush (except first run for Texas govenor) I've voted for him every time (in the general). So no I don't vote third party and I don't stay home, that seems to be your thing.
Hate America first. Disgusting. Just because we played better hardball. This thing is far from over, and the UAE sellouts and dhimmi's got sour grapes.
They can buy all the Crashbuses they want.
Certainly the LAST thing we want is to listen to someone who might actually KNOW something. That would interfere with joining the rampaging mob.
This is what our Country gets for listening a bunch of arsewipe scardey cat nancy girls and allowing so many inexperienced idiots into offices which they are not qualified to hold.
Better hang on, folks, it's gonna get worse than this.
:O)
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Apparently we were satisfied with the results.
Yes, I do know what they do to camel jockeys.
It is an age old practice and they were failing to completely control it.
Now they are and I wonder if they are now questioning their cooperation with us.
Just a thought..........
Cool! Neither you nor I can change what has just happened but there's no reason we can't enjoy what we're doing. ; )
Well, George, it looks like the "people" have spoken and you have listened. Thanks!
You said -- "We have the ability to stop them. It has nothing to do with a port in Dubai."
I'm not entirely sure about that from a political standpoint. I already see what trouble it was to go to war in Iraq and I wonder if people would see another war as something necessary. Iran is probably counting on it not being politically viable. And that's why it's important to have the UAE in the equation. It makes it much more of a politically viable situation if we are protecting our interests and the interests of those who are supporting us. That's much better than going into some sort of an Iran conflict with no other "interests" in the region (plus the support that those interests give us).
And also you said -- "It's not working, if that's the case. Iran magically circumvented our steel curtain in Dubai and is building nuclear weaponry anyway."
They were going to attempt that no matter what -- because of the radical and rabid nature of Islam and how dedicated they are to it. In fact, I would say that us going into Iraq probably made their attempt more certain.
If they didn't make a move towards "the bomb" -- they would be minimized as a regional power and also in their ability to "take out" Israel -- which seems to be the whole aim of their religious government. I think the only way we're going to stop this now is militarily -- and that's why we need to be in the UAE.
And, you said -- "How will this stop Iran from launching a nuclear missile at Israel? And how does NOT having it prevent us from firing off a nuclear missile from a sub outside the gulf if Tehran decided do just that?"
The U.S. (and Israel) will be attempting to stop Iran before it gets to that point. That seems to be the stance of both the U.S. and Israel. And the fact of the matter is that the U.S. does not want to find itself launching a nuclear missile at Iran. That would open up a firestorm around the world and in Islamic countries. That would be a doomsday scenario and that's not going to happen from the U.S. side.
And -- "I understand what you're saying, but we have a massive base of operations in Baghdad already. You think Iran isn't a little queasy about that? Dubai won't make them any queasier. We can drive our tanks right over the border and go straight to the Capital."
I think Iran is looking at what we're doing in Iraq as "tying us down" rather than anything else. Where do you think all these attacks are coming from in Iraq? It's coming from Iran. Iran is the one who is stirring up the trouble in Iraq. They're doing this to tie us down and give us a big headache. And they seem to be doing a pretty good job of it, too.
The more they tie us down in Iraq, the less they have to worry about any of those units being free to roll into Iran.
Soooo... I take it you're against racial profiling at the airport?
What about direct flights from Tehran? That could bring a lot of business to our airports and maybe even give us an entirely new trading partner who could use our ports.
So Arabs won't trust us? LOL That's funny.
Florida was the "home" of many of the 911 terrorists. Florida had financial institutions which aided their ability to move funds within this country and to receive funds from their terror bosses abroad. Terrorists traveled at will within the United States. Bin Laden has relatives within the United States.
So how exactly is the UAE different?
I read your post. I'm merely referring to countries in the region we can transfer our associations to easily.
Then, I went on to state that the UAE will not go through the divestment because they couldn't stand the hit from losing multiple billions from the US.
Did you read that last point before you wrote to me?
I wouldn't say every person.
It looks like you live as far away from the Mexican border as possible. I wonder if you might feel differently living in a border state and seeing with your own eyes the results of the one million illegal aliens who have crossed over each year since Bush entered office.
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