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I'm sorry dear but a weighted anti-Muslim bias sure makes sense to me.

Islam has been clashing with Judeo-Christian based civilization for about 1200 years now....and about any other non-Muslim demographic in their way.

Not to mention, they sure enjoy killing the hell out of each other when it suits them

So being wary of muslims doesn't bother me a bit.

We will win this when they fear us and in particular our will to prevail. Some like the UAE already knew this more or less and as well as knowing where their bread is buttered and have tried more or less to saddle up to us

which is why I reluctantly leaned towards supporting W on this ports deal(unlike most of my compadres) though I thought he handled the politics and his own party clumsily

I am not one bothered by race period unless it's used against me to deflect candor that minorities or majorities find uncomfortable.

Islam is a problem. Failure to recognize that and an unwillingness to do so simply because that might be considered bigoted is naivete in the face of an enemy that would exterminate us given the chance.

Are you in favor of no restrictions on Muslim immigration to this country too?

Some social moderates here love that idea.

I wouldn't give any of them a foothold here unless they are at risk for having helped us.

Wherever Islam goes....death follows.

Btw....I was married to an ethnic Arab Christian and have two daughters with her, one of whom lives with me and have Maronite DNA on my mom's side so save the racist stuff for someone else...lol

btw...at least one good thing came out of bayourant (bayourod) lying about holdonow......JR canned him-her...good riddance

Good post, WD. Anti-Muslim bias didn't appear out of thin air -- they've well earned it.

Soccermom: Islam isn't a race, so leave the race card in the deck. Prominent non-Arab ones include Ibrahim Hooper (the white spokesman for CAIR) and Louis Farrakhan (the black NOI leader). Plenty of Christian Arabs too, as WD mentioned.

And suspicion regarding the UAE in particular isn't unfounded either, considering UAE officials have regularly waived-through or turned a blind eye to the shipment of nuclear triggers to Pakistan and nerve gas precursors to Iran. And in '03, despite U.S. protests, UAE customs officals allowed American electrical switches (which are ideal for detonating nukes) to be sent to Pakistan.

Oh yeah, and then there's the 70 tons of heavy water (a component for nuclear reactors) sent from China to Dubai, where the shipping labels were then changed to mask the transaction.

Despite what many pro-deal folks have been asserting, this broken deal won't be the end of our relationship with the UAE. The U.S. Navy will remain stationed there (for our mutual benefit), and WOT intel will still flow back and forth. Looking back, this will all be a minor blip on the radar.