Dubai Ports World to divest itself of all American interests

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[navysealdad]

Dubai Ports Worls to divest itself of all American interests

[Ditto]

Haliburton is one of the few American companies that can run the logistics of a terminal.

Haliburton would probably be ok, but I vote for Wall Mart.

That would make the lefties heads explode.

And what the hell. Most of the stuff coming into those ports is headed to Wall Mart anyway. ;~))

[al baby]

Dubya World Ports?

[bonfire]

The most frightening aspect of this whole fiasco is that our enemy lies within. And they are not foreigners either.

[ex-snook]

"But hey I forgot we are fighting a war on Islam not terror."

The President convinced the nation in the Iraq invasion and recently Pakistan that there is no difference. He did not say that there was an 'investor' exception.

[Wasanother]

Yea, this was a real hard deal to come up with but instead we have "leaders" that without thought go and attach an amendment to our troop's money to make a grand political statement. Way to go Jerry Lewis, don't quit your daytime job, being an idiot.

[finnman69]

Unbelievable. What a soap opera this has become.

I see Halliburton getting in on this.

[K-oneTexas]

Hey, maybe COSCO wants to bid. There are already here on the West Coast, so they must be okay! Is Hutchinson-Whompoa in one of the Gulf ports, they must be okay too!

[Sarcasm OFF]
[Disdain for Congressional shortsightedness and demagoguery ON]

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

I don't see this happening. The Fifth Fleet is a shield for Dubai vis a vis Iran.

And if the Emir has half a scrap of personal pride, he will say "no shield is worth this much insult."

[sarasota]

And continue to be responsible, mature adults. The hysterics in America are astounding.

[tirednvirginia]

Dems are surely upset! They were looking forward to GOP house members overiding Bush Veto.

GOP Should be happy because this now will not tear apart the party.

Arab allies will be very unhappy.

Bush will be kinda happy. No fight now. He has to be very tired of this kind of crap.

[NapkinUser]

Bots will be deeply saddened.

[You Dirty Rats]

Is Schumer going to kick Emirates Air Freight out of JFK?

Logic will get you nowhere in this mindless witchhunt.

[Echo Talon]

Are you justifying Dubai withholding intel because of a business deal gone wrong? If they aid the enemy they become the enemy and will be treated as such. I don't think they are willing to give up their kingdom over a port deal. They not only would lose face but a little ass too.

Intel works off cooperation, why would they help us in this area when we don't help or even treat them fairly in others.

[dennisw]

Israel is a better friend to us than any Arab nation. Plus they are democratic and culturally similar. Dictators, crazies like Amadinejad (Iran) and kings rule the Arabs & Muslims, not the Israelis

[BritExPatInFla]

What is certain is that Dubai will close its Ports to US Navy ships - and we will loose the ability to control the Straights of Hormuz. Just at a time when we are contemplating action against Iran. Killing the Dubai Ports deal is a strategic disaster.

Couldn't we just tell them that locking us out of the straits and even their ports is unacceptable? We could always remind them what happens when we are threatened. I'd take a carrier over a UAE gun boat any day. The sooner the Islamofascists realize we, and the coalition of the willing (However many of them are left) control the fate of the Middle East, the better for them.
[/WolfowitzMode]

[bayourant]

Oh this just start of of war in party. The "true" Conservatives are conducting purity test.Wait till the immigration issue comes up. Any compromise will be a betrayal of mom,apple pie and flag. All Rhinos such as Lidnsey Grahmn, Mcain, Trent Lott, who knows ewho else will be givin that name must be purged. The important thing is that Bush must be brought down at all cost even to our national security and relations with other countries. When that is done conservatives will have 75 seat in the Senate and gain 40 members in the house.

[You Dirty Rats]

I am tired of you fools that have absolutely NO understanding of islam and its history of terror.

Must be tough to sleep at night knowing that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Muhammed Ali are plotting to kill you.

[rightinthemiddle]

So, I wonder if the UAE going to tell us what to do with our aircraft carriers and military planes that use their facilities?

"Thanks, Americans, but we're a little intimidated by having the world's most powerful warship in our ports."

I guess we can fly planes out of...Germany. Perhaps we can dock in...Tokyo. For now.

I'm as anti-Islamofacism as anybody on FR, but the majority screwed the pooch on this deal.

[Howlin]

Been having some intensive physical therapy; torture, if you will.

Not as bad as what I'm reading on here, mind you. :-)