Posted on 03/09/2006 9:32:13 AM PST by santorumlite
Outside U.S., Puzzlement Over Reaction to the Dubai Port Deal port operations has surprised and puzzled shipping officials and experts outside America, who called the criticism misguided and contrary to global trade. With its $6.8 billion purchase of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Dubai Ports World, which is owned by the emirate of Dubai, would acquire terminals not just in the United States, but in 18 other countries, among them Britain, Belgium, France, India and China. Yet nowhere else has the deal for P.& O., as the company is known, drawn much anxiety. Instead, the call from American politicians to review the purchase, and some of the talk surrounding the discussion, has cast the United States in a negative light to outsiders. "We've been shocked by the level of animosity and xenophobia leveled at D.P. World," said Nick Savvides, the editor of CI Online, a research company for the shipping container industry with headquarters in London. The reaction is particularly galling because under the deal "port security remains firmly in United States hands," "Container traffic is dominated by foreign companies." The takeover is not a security concern, she said. "We don't think the shifting of owners will make a difference in this, since we have our own security measures," Ms. De Laet said. "\In Britain, which privatized its port industry when Margaret Thatcher was prime minister, the deal was seen as a capitalist, not a political, issue. "The real issue is about international trade," Mr. Whitehead added. "If you accept international trade, you have to accept international participants."
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This Dubai-ous port deal is getting out of hand.......
That is the way business is done.
The people that are against this deal are stuck on stupid to quote a famous general.
hmmmmm where else have i seen "everyone else in the world hates everything we do" used as a tactic in debate?????
oh yeah....that would be the DUmp
Remember the days when America could operate without being told what to do?
IMO the opposition to this deal is political maneuvering taking advantage of Islamophobia. Everybody knows this kind of deal is nothing new. Why the sudden opposition? I'd rather have Dubai own our ports than Beijing.
This whole port ordeal shows how incredibly stupid the populace of the Country is. This is going to come back and bite us in the future. I'm so mad at the Republicans for not standing up to what is right. I'm mad at Bush for not getting out there and explaining it in third grade terms to the idiots of thsi country. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS DEAL. It's just going to make our friends distrust us, and the image of the stupid, racist American grows. God help us.
I'll add another aspect of this . . .
Among People who Understand the Issue, Puzzlement Over Reaction to the Dubai Port Deal
True. This stuff is getting out of hand. Now it turns out the UAE might not buy from Boeing if they are continued to be treated like this. Wow how many thousands of jobs is that. I
I agree with you. The biggest problem on this issue is that people like Peter King, Michael Savage Weiner, and Michelle Malkin found themselves competing to see which of them could match Chuck Schumer as the dumbest public figure in the United States.
Not all countries inhabited primarily by Muslims are our enemies. UAE is one of the good guys.
They're already talking about pulling out of some of the deals we've made with them--bases, Boeing, and while unstated, I'm betting that all the intel they've been helping us with will dry up too.
Hope these geniuses are happy with what they're bringing down on us. If this is the way we treat allies, we won't have many, after this.
Maybe we should pay them reperations while were at it. LOL
Where will it end? arabs could buy the whole world. Do you want to live in a country owned by arabs?
moose-limbs are the vermon of this planet
Chavez's state owned companies own u.s chemical plants.
I love the hypocracy with the dems hands out for chavez.
Chavez who is kicking out u.s airlines, military, and working with iran, and giving his private planes to hamas with the red carpet out.
"Americans are possibly the dumbest people on the planet."
Michael Moore
"Remember, keep close to the people--they are always right and will mislead no one."
Abraham Lincoln
Gee, if had to choose . . . .
So, because the American people are opposed to this deal they are--let's see, what are some of the adjectives I seen used here: "idiots", "bigots", "racists" . . . .
You get the picture. It smells like DU in here today.
Sayonara!
They aren't buying the terminals.
They are leasing them from the port authority.
I blame Bush's inept press secretary for this.
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