[ScreamingFist]

You're talking about HARDWARE. Why do you think the guys in charge of OUR hardware (Franks, Pace and Rumsfeld) have been so OUTSPOKEN in support of the UAE? And beyond hardware, what about INTEL?

Franks, Pace and Rumsfeld are politicians...yes including Franks. Don't get me wrong, a deepwater port in the UAE is a good thing, along with troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, this is called flanking in strategic terms. Iran knows it. As far as intel, I've seen this posted dozens of times.....what intel? Do you have links?

[Richard Kimball]

I've seen this posted dozens of times.....what intel? Do you have links?

If there were links it wouldn't be intel.