Posted on 03/10/2006 10:28:49 AM PST by RWR8189
PROTECTIONISTS, REJOICE! The dastardly United Arab Emirates company that would have presumed to unload containers of underwear and toothpaste on U.S. soil has backed down, and it will now divest its U.S. port interests to an American entity. Rest assured, the nation is now safe from dangerous Middle Eastern accountants and port logistics specialists.
Dubai Ports World did what was necessary, if not necessarily fair, on Thursday by agreeing to give up the U.S. operations of its newly acquired British ports company. The House Appropriations Committee had voted 62 to 2 on Wednesday to block the deal; a similar bill was pending in the Senate.
Although President Bush rightly stood by the acquisition and vowed to veto any bill that stood in its way, he was fighting a losing battle that only deepened a growing rift in the Republican Party. Dubai Ports World officials wisely recognized that they had to put some distance between themselves and their new U.S. assets. The company probably will sell its U.S. assets or create a U.S. company with a separate board to run them.
Much as we wish it would go away, the fight may not be over yet.
For one, the terms of the divestiture remain unclear, and some members of Congress are demanding more details. Will it be enough for Dubai Ports World to create a U.S. subsidiary? Will it have to open headquarters in the United States? Pay its employees in dollars?
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
How Juvenile. 8th graders I have known would be more mature.
And still you've posted no facts I see.
And as for your claims on reality....paraphrasing Jack Nicholson,
"You don't know reality, you can't handle reality."
Check one answer only.
Yes
OR
No
If you won't answer that direct question, then we're done and you have given yourself away without having to actually commit to an answer. You deflect with wordy answers when only one is required.
Interesting, I'll follow that closely.
Here in Tx, we've got Perry, who is not exactly what I'd call 'reliable'. He reminds me of a movie actor playing the part of governor, for some reason.
When you have the feeling you're being followed, do you just react? Or do you stop and gather some evidence of danger first?
What news. It stays on all day.
There are some very odd people on this site. They seem to have come out of the woodwork!
You wouldn't have turned your head and taken a look over your shoulder?
More hit and run juvenile behavior unfit for an 8th grader.
You started by posting to me on this thread.
Or did you forget already?
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
'Bot.
And a particularly condemnatory self-righteous unreasonable one at that.
In the first place, the parallel doesn't hold, because there was no danger involved. In the second place, the U.S. Military is in charge of security, so it doesn't matter how I 'feel.'
If you leave the discussion, it will not be because I didn't adequately answer your hypothetical (bad) comparison. It will be because you refused to acknowledge the logical answer I gave you.
I don't believe important decisions should be based on feelings, no matter how hard someone on the internet tries to persuade me that I should.
I did not hear about this book. Was he writing it for his family members?
Exactly, I would have *investigate* my feelings. I would look into the situation.
If I found no evidence, I would then realize I was just being paranoid.
Your side chose to avoid this step, and have refused to look for any evidence against these individuals.
You're like someone walking down the street who 'feels' they're being followed and just breaks into a run at a moment's notice!
LOL! You ain't just whistling Dixie there, Mama. ODD ones. :)
She has done more for the conservative cause than you ever could. Leave her alone!
"If I could kick saudia arabian bussiness out"
AMEN brother!
I'm not ragging on the Pentagon. I'm sorry if I wasn't more clear in explaining my point. Just because everyone say's the UAE is safe, there hasn't been any attacks, that doesn't mean it will be safe tomorrow or a week from tomorrow. A terrorist can strike at any given moment. Should one of our ships be attacked there like the one in Yemen was, would you still think the UAE was a safe harbor to dock American ships?
I answered you. Look further down the post.
Goodbye.
You are the one who needs to get out of the kitchen.
No, you repeated my point -- next step would be to gather evidence, to look over your shoulder.
You never once said anything about why your side has decided that evidence is not important here.
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