The day that union thugs and mobsters start flying planes into office buildings and plotting to nuke a US city or two, you'll have a point, and I will concede. Until then, you don't
And get back to me when those same union thugs provide essential logistical support for the US Navy and US Armed services on the WOT that the UAE has.
I'll be waiting a long time, IMO.
"And get back to me when those same union thugs provide essential logistical support for the US Navy and US Armed services on the WOT that the UAE has."
Always back to a quid pro quo. I am certain that there are other ways to demonstrate our gratitude. The public uproar could have easily been anticipated by anyone who actually mingles with the general public here in the US for any length of time. Perhaps that is beneath every single person involved in this decision, as well as President Bush himself. But, I see no advantage in permitting that perception to gain currency; there is only downside, as his father discovered in his time.