So what do you think about the Emir of Dubai's threats to end cooperation on the WOT and to evict U.S. military bases?
Why didn't they wait until after the 45-day review to start their blackmail campaign?
Why didn't Congress wait until the 45 day review before they voted?
Because Congress didn't do them the courtesy of waiting for the 45-day review to end before trying to squash the deal.
And there's a difference between "blackmail" and "consequences".
Why didn't they wait until after the 45-day review to start their blackmail campaign?
The Dems and their RINO allies aren't waiting to implement their "FLUSH ALL ARABS" plan. Why should the Emir wait?
I think they won't in the end do that. But I understand them saying so. The house subcommittee just passed a measure saying that UAE, among all the world, was singularly unqualified to be a partner with us in any way.
So why shouldn't they take the hint and cut off all their partnerships?
In the senate, Schumer is getting support for a measure that says that NO country which ever recognized the Taliban can ever again own ANYTHING U.S.. Of course he doesn't mean U.S. airplanes, but why shouldn't UAE take him at his word and promise to stop buying ANY american products or services?
I still believe that cooler heads will prevail (we might have to dunk some republican heads into the toilet to cool them off) and DP World will set up their U.S. subsidiaries as semi-autonymous entities to handle the terminal leases.
Or the DP World might just promise to sell of the U.S. companies.
I think the democrats are SCARED TO DEATH of that, and that is why they are pushing to cut off debate and end this now. I think the republicans are stupidly going along, maybe in the hopes that nobody will fault them and the president will save them by vetoing the bill and then they can compromise.
The UAE thought they had a deal, when by U.S. law the U.S. told them the deal was acceptable. But when pressed, the UAE gave us another 45 days, with the idea that we would all sit back and look it over carefully before taking action.
But the House just said screw the 45 days, we're going to preempt the deal now.