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.
"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."
Spare me the 5th grade social studies lesson. I'm aware of that and that was part of my point in another thread. God forbid there is another attack on Ameican soil, I predict it will come from Americans recruited from our prison system. (But the important thing is, we're keep our eye on those A-rabs, aren't we?) The hysteria toward the UAE illustrates precisely why it is a matter of race. Richard Reid was an Islamic terrorist from England, but we're perfectly fine with letting a British company hold the contract. I can point you to a thread where I made the point that not all Arabs are Muslim. But that doesn't matter to the hotheads in this forum. I can point you to another thread where the poster is completely unapologetic about his stance that ALL Muslims are part of the "Cult of Death."
The reality is this was about bigotry. In one breath, you're claiming that the bias is well-earned and in the next you're complaining about the race card. Sorry, you can't defend bigotry and then complain that the race card is being used.