Posted on 03/10/2006 8:26:48 AM PST by indcons
And the British government is doing what they can to kill, maim, arrest and ferret out such terrorists. However, Dubai was a major conduit of funds for the 9/11 plot and to this day the UAE supports Hamas.
"The UAE actively supports Hamas. "
So does Sweden. They just sent millions to the new government there. So do many other countries friendly to the US. Like it or not, Hamas runs the Palistinian Authority, a territory recognized by the UN. UAE is not alone in this support. Support for the political wing of Hamas was not sufficient reason to block this deal.
You have it exactly right.
The Bush Administration has lousy PR talent and that is unfortunately compounded by a tin ear for public sentiment.
This is another example of the lack of leadership at the helm.
Bush said the United States needs moderate allies in the Arab world, like the United Arab Emirates, to win the global war on terrorism.
The UAE is sending plenty of its own bad messages. It needs to clean up it's act and quit whining.
Uh the hypocrisy is from you, DPWorld made a legitimate bid for P&O.
Bush had nothing to do with this, but what the hey you push the big lie, like chuckie schumer.
Sanity did prevail, in the United Arab Emerites. They saw how important the war on terror was. They saw how important their relationship with the United States was. They valued that relationship, they want to defeat terroristm.
So they sanely decided that the best thing to do with the crazies in washington was to give in for the good of the countries.
Sad that the UAE, who the opponents are STILL calling supporters of terrorists right here in this very thread, acted in saner and better way than our own elected representatives.
I am proud today of John Warner, who was always on the right side of this deal, and George Allen, who was willing to hear all the facts before passing judgment. Both of my senators resisted the rush to judgment.
He probably should have been out giving these explanations from the start. Does he ever try to talk to the American people outside of a military base or private company/association?
Name some hypocrisy. As far as naivete, you may be right. They obviously expected most Americans wouldn't be so stupid as to be spoon-fed by Harry Reid and the Democrats. They were wrong.
In the end the WH has nobody to blame but themselves for the damage this has caused.
I guess the President learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING from the Harriet Miers fiasco.
Expecting your President who was re-elected based on a set of articulated and well defined principles to govern by those principles isn't hard.
If the Bush Doctrine amounts to whatever Bush's latest prouncement is, that won't do.
So Hamas says. I trust them. :-)
On the other hand, Hamas did just win the election in Palestine, so they are the "legitimate" governing party of that failed disaster of a state.
I don't support them though, I merely recognize the reality.
do you have anything to back up your claim?
any kind of documentation or anything?
The hypocrisy of Congress on this deal makes me want to puke. When the likes of Schummer and Pelosi, who have never given a rat's posterior about US security and the war on terror, now puff with indignation about the security threat this transaction portends it's nauseating. This is all about Bush bashing. If Bush had opposed this deal citing security concerns these same liberals would be bashing him for being racist and not seeking to make friends with the Arab nations.
We have one ally in the middle east - that is Israel. This would be something that we would be wise to remember. The degree to which the rest of them hate us varies, but they do hate us.
Perhaps you'd be better off worrying about what we'll do if/when our strategic UAE military bases are shut down. Then there's that pesky oil thing.
what whining? They have a legitmate complaint against chuckie schumer and the MSM.
They made a legitimate offer to take over P&O's business operations and the P&O shareholders accepted their offer.
How evil of them.
They weren't going to be in charge of security but Hillary and Chuckie thank you for repeating the lies.
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