Posted on 03/09/2006 10:42:42 AM PST by navysealdad
Dubai Ports Worls to divest itself of all American interests
Are these Arabs some other religion other than Moslem, The Religion of Peace TM?
Or do they have the same religion that has declared death to the United States?
“When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope”
Joseph Stalin
Well .. I hope everybody's happy with killing this deal.
And .. when the UAE kicks us out of their ports and their air base and their military training facilities - which they have been allowing us to use, reigning in Iran is going to be twice as difficult.
If they weren't a friend, they wouldn't have backed off the deal. Got the picture?
Uninformed or ignorant is congresses middle name.
Ohhh... I see :) fine then.
Maybe Turkey had some misgivings about a subculture of it's getting a separate homeland. How would you feel if Turkey had a fight with Mexico and promised an independent homeland for Mexican Americans in Arizona if we would just let them push their army through Arizona to get to Mexico. We will just cede Arizona? Get a grip. Unless your willing to bludgeon the rest of the world into compliance, everyone is not going to ask how high when you say jump.
I'm listening to Schnitt (Florida) who's all twisted into a pretzel. He was actually hysterical last week in opposition to the port deal to the point his radio station was deluged with emails.
He's stumbling all over the place today saying just what I knew he would say....."IT'S BUSH'S FAULT......(because he didn't communicate with the American public while the deal was going on).
Do I think that any of our bases will be shut down by Dubai? I think there's a 50-50 chance. Hopefully, the personal respect that Dubai has for our President will keep these types of ramifications from happening. But I wouldn't make book on it.
Leni
Is not calling one a "xenophobe" name-calling?
Yeah,
Like....you can throw a rock and hit Iran's backdoor from there.
A deal not going through is one thing, but even Trump would be stunned if a deal didn't go through because someone didn't trust Americans, or because Americans weren't "good enough".
It's cool Leni. There's lots of hysterical speculation flying around about this situation, so don't sweat it. We can always expect a reaction from another country when we don't give them what they seek, ally or not. I think Dubai can handle it and I'm certain the US can.
I, for one, am glad the U.S. is still calling the shots, not the UAE. My country, the U.S., has well earned the right to call the shots around the world. They need us and they know it.
Those who fear mooselim backlash have caved in to "world opinion."
"the hell with free trade (its not free and it damn sure isnt fair)"
Just call it what it is: expensive trade.
oh wait LOL La Enchiladita might not be the first person to inquire with regarding the topic of independent subcultures. And no we didn't promise the Kurds autonomy but we have done everything to help them toward this goal.
So you're suggesting that we're better off if the UAE takes it's billions of dollars and invests it in China instead? WOuld you rather have them spending their money helping Chinese companies build up their infrastructure and fund the development of technology in China?
We live in a world economy. We need to constantly work to improve how we do things. We need to constantly be investing in new technology. We need to always be looking for new markets for our products. We need to always be looking for ways to imporve efficiency.
If we don't someone out there will pass us by. They'll be able to make things faster and cheaper. They'll have better technology. They'll be able to do things that we can't.
In our country the Unions are constantly fighting against this. They oppose new technology because it allows us to manufacture things will less people per item we make. However, by fighting that they make it so we can't be competitive in manufacturing, so instead of our manufacturing growing or holding steady, we keep losing business to other companies that are more efficient and through advancements can make better products. The end result is the union members lose their jobs. If we could keep working on being more competitive we could be taking market share from others and expanding our markets and hiring more american workers. Instead we hav to outsource or move our manufacturing elsewhere to try and stay in business.
Even with that American automotive companies are being driven into bankruptcy by the concessions they accepted because of the unions, while foreign owned automakers are building cars on US soil with non-union laborers and making profits. The non-union workers aren't even getting paid less in general, they and the factories they work in are just more efficient.
Isolationism simply leads to irrevalence. If we do stupid things to discourage foreign investment without good reason, and we discourage foreign countries and companies from buying from us, we are going to be passed up technologicly and economicly by other countries.
Much of our military lead is a technological one. I don't mean to discount the incredible value of a well trained volunteer military, but our relatively small volunteer army wouldn't be able to do what it does without the technological advantages it has.
We wouldn't be able to control battlefields without our complete dominance in air superiority. We wouldn't be able to accurately bomb strategic targets with few to no losses without our technological advantages.
To feed the American economy, we need trade. We need raw materials. We need to continue to show the world that the US is the best place for them to invest their moeny because it will continue to provide a good return on investments.
That keeps our economy stron, and gives our government the tax base they can use to invest in our military.
There's no way America could have grown to be a superpower without trade and foreign investment, and if we do to much to discourage trade and foreign investment, our power will fade.
DPW acquired CSX World Terminals, CSX Corporation's international terminal business, for $1.142B. The keyword, here, being 'international'.
Simply amazing the twisted logic of the anti-Dubains.
Yesterday, FReeper 'screaming fist' posted a news article from 2000 detailing a sale of F-16s to Dubai during the Clinton administration. I'm sure you can find it if you like. It helps to complete the picture.
Some people think the Trilateral Commission is tinfoil, too. Oh, well.
"Don't worry - this morning, DWP bought another American company and now that "American company" is going to take over the P&O terminals - big deal."
Somebody is delusional and desperate.
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
Mark Twain
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