Posted on 03/12/2006 8:29:15 AM PST by Valin
According to a Gulf News poll, 64 per cent of readers say the DP World affair "changed their opinion for the worst" about investing in the United States. A number of businessmen told the newspaper yesterday that Arab investors would think about other destinations. The majority agreed that DP World has been forced out of the US port operations due to "racism".
President George W. Bush admitted Congress has sent the "wrong message" to the rest of the world.
We don't feel that DP World lost. It in fact won the respect of the international business community when it won the bid to acquire the British P&O Company. It gained the admiration of the political community when it showed the maturity to bow out with grace.
Nevertheless, the whole affair served as a lesson for other Arab companies who may have thought of investing in what has proved to be a hostile US atmosphere. All the free trade talk proved to be just empty rhetoric. Another irony is that the Democrats, the supporters of globalisation, were the key opponents of the deal. There must have been something else behind the sudden change of heart.
It was definitely not the concern for national security, as they fully know the Bush administration had run a meticulous review of the deal, which established it was not a threat. Was it the "Israeli element" as some have suggested? Maybe. Otherwise, why would some Congress members bombard the
DP World executive, during last week's hearing, with questions about the Arab boycott of Israel? Did they want to force the UAE to end the pan-Arab boycott of Israel in order approve the deal?
These questions need to be investigated. But the fact remains it was an ugly scene in Washington. Other foreign-owned companies run US ports but they were not Arab. That is the message.
And we got it.
"The majority of the population in the UAE belongs to the Death Cult." LOL! And you guys complain when it is suggested you're bigots?
"PR is a very important component to this war. Some here may not want to hear it but a large part of this war is nation building and Hearts & Minds."
Precisely! For years President Bush has been saying this is not a war on Islam -- it is a war on terror. I believed him and agreed with him. Now our own Congress, egged on by irrational hotheads, has undermined Bush's claim.
And you guys complain when it is suggested you're bigots?
Labeling an entire religion a "death cult" is bigoted and you know it. Is Cassius Clay a member of the death cult? How about all those men risking their lives working with Americans to be Iraqi soldiers? You are a bigot.
Is Cassius Clay a member of the death cult? How about all those men risking their lives working with Americans to be Iraqi soldiers? You are a bigot.
And I can refer you to lots of death and destruction in the Bible. That doesn't mean Christianity or Judaism is a culture of death. You are not a "bigot against Death" -- you are a bigot against an entire population of people, regardless of how law abiding and peaceful the idividuals might be -- because you brand them as part of a culture of Death. Go ahead and be a bigot. But don't complain when people suggest that bigotry was a factor for many of those who opposed the port deal.
And I can refer you to lots of death and destruction in the Bible. That doesn't mean Christianity or Judaism is a culture of death.
Columbus, Ohio, native, Sunni Muslim fights in Global War on Terrorism (as a MARINE!)
Marine Corps News ^ | July 27, 2005 | Cpl. Ken Melton
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Posted on 07/27/2005 6:47:32 PM CDT by SandRat
HADITHA DAM, Iraq (July 27, 2005) -- As the Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment continue their fight in the Global War on Terrorism, most of them think of it as business and not personal.
However, for some Marines who are of the Islamic faith, the war in Iraq hits a personal note. Cpl. Mohammed N. Rahman, who is a Sunni Muslim, fights not only to free the people of Iraq from the insurgents grip and to protect his country (America), but also to redeem his beloved religion.
“This is a personal offense, not only to me but others who share my faith,” said the 23-year-old infantryman with 2nd Platoon, Company L. “The insurgents have scarred the image of my religion.”
Rahman was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh where he learned to speak Bangla, Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic during his childhood, before moving the United States with his family at age 12.
Upon arriving in America, he strove to learn the English language while adjusting to the busy and culturally different society.
He joined the Marine Corps in 2001 because of its discipline and its tradition that closely mirrored the practices of his beliefs......
I have read the Koran. Have you? If you have can you please point out anywhere in that book where it shows an example of islam being a "religion of peace?"
Nice story. It's great to hear of an exception to the unfortunate rule.
OMG we're not going to be elected king and queen of the prom? We're not "popular"? Quick, sell our soul, everyone's got to luv, luv, luv, us... I'm soooooo hurt. Give them whatever they want.
Who cares? He's still the "enemy" because he's part of the "Cult of Death." There are no "execptions", unless Trubull wants to contradict himself.
You make no apologies for painting an entire race of people as being a part of a Cult of Death
that illustrate how people like yourself can take parts of the Quran and exploit them, just as critics do with the Bible.
Well said.
Respectfully disagree. I couldn't give a damn what the leftists think and I don't care if you think it's rascism. I learned all I needed to know about Muslims on 9-11.
Blaming all Muslims for the interpretations and actions of a few is like blaming all Christians for abortion bombers.
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