Posted on 03/14/2006 2:00:29 PM PST by Conservative Coulter Fan
One man in the administration in limited situations. Rhetoric repeated over and over on Fox News by the administration's talking heads combined with almost weekly speeches on the War on Some Terrorism didn't help the general public's feelings towards Dubai at all
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I'm merely saying all or nothing, everyone or no one. My understanding is few/if any of these terminals are solely run by domestic companies so any awful lot of money is going to have to come from somewhere to buyout all the contracts and joint ventures currently in place. Also, why just the ports, how about airport terminals?
I was unaware of any pending legislation concerning other foreign operators, good catch, I will look for more info bill numbers, cosponsors, etc....
we were at war with Dubai? Lets see how hard the WOT will be when the whole Arab world becomes as transparent and cooperative as Iran. treat you partners like the enemy and thats what you're gonna get.
It's not a matter of waking up. Everyone's awake. Nobody wants to do without. "Waking up" involves letting grandma die because we honestly cannot afford the cost of treatment to keep her on dialysis (example). So the wake up argument is a non-starter. We need to make hard secular choices.
"After 4+ years of the administration's whipping up the masses against anything and everything Arabic, what else did they think would happen?"
Good point. Now lets think about this one. Here we are in the USA and our own Government is posting terrorist threats. Is that terrorizing citizens? Kind of absurd to think about it, isn't it?
this country looks like a bunch of DUMASSES.
Take a look at Dubai's response. Then tell the MAJORITY of Americans that they are "DUMBASSES".
Once again, I see this minority of a so called democracy telling the Republic that they are stupid.
Get lost.
" treat you partners like the enemy and thats what you're gonna get."
Treat enemies like your friends and think of what your going to get!
"hoodwinked by hysterical opportunistic pols.....like Schumer and Hillary."
Absolutely amazing...rofl. It's not like maybe you got hoodwinked by the lobbying of Albright, Clinton, Dashle, etc.
Bwwahhaaaaaaa
hell of way to try and make friends especially after they stuck their necks out in a tough neighborhood and offered to help us.
"Once again, I see this minority of a so called democracy telling the Republic that they are stupid."
Yep. Waaay too much animosity about this deal not going down.
Reasonable minds may differ, FRiends. The deal didnt go down, so just get over it and move on.
BTTT!
"well.. China and Singapore has government owned/controlled companies managing our ports, when are we going to kick them out? Or is their an unwritten rule to allow Communist and Asians to do these jobs?"
I agree wholeheartedly, let's buy ALL foreign businesses out of positions that are important to America's national security and auction those positions off to American hands. But I don't expect you'll be writing your Congressman about that any time soon, will you?
Not in and of itself if two aspects are met.
1) the threat is real, which in reality they probably aren't. The national government is nothing more than a bumbling bureaucracy. To believe they have stopped each and every threat with no failure is beyond the pale
2) the government allows local authorities to handle the situation as much as possible, which considering the size of the 'threats' the government warns us about makes that aspect unviable.
Are there threats out there? Probably so. Are the threats at the level or number the government tells us about? Doubtful.
I'm just wondering if 'conservatives' will be as gung-ho about 'homeland' security when eventually a Democratic administration comes into power. Somehow, I'm thinking they won't be. Now either the threat is real or it isn't, regardless of the party in power. However if the threat somehow becomes less real when another party is in power, all these current threats are nothing more than partisan posturing to make sure the 'right' party stays in power (sheep vote for whoever protects them the most). As I can't tell the difference between the parties much anymore, I could care less
Just out of curiosity, under your thinking, shouldn't we be doing business with North Korea and Cuba? Or is our national policy against trading with them irrational and not in our best interests?
"Absolutely amazing...rofl. It's not like maybe you got hoodwinked by the lobbying of Albright, Clinton, Dashle, etc."
You forgot Carter. Never forget Carter.
Nope, because management has nothing to do with security, be it China, Singapore or the UAE.
First off, your analogy is incomplete.
You forgot the part where you also hide money from the people that robbed my house, and you pay off a bonus to the families of people that murder my friends. You also left off the part where you threaten that if I don't invite you to dinner you'll stop selling gas and supplies to me at your store, and not 'let me' run the security concession for your business any more (even though you live in a high crime 'hood), and the other people interested in running your business' security would probably also take your stuff.
Further, it's incorrect. Where you say "I decide to buy the house down the street, maybe rent it, maybe fix it up hell I might move in," you add all these additional possibilities that never occurred. Nobody said you'd rent it, fix it, move in yourself, or improve it at all. You told us you were just going to be responsible for its upkeep and buying it as an investment. And we didn't like that idea because we've seen the neighborhood you come from, and don't like what your side of the tracks looks like, and know you are far more connected to your 'hood than you'll ever be to a home you're buying as an investment.
"Obviously you are against DPW taking ove P&O,I ask how is DPW any worse than Red China?"
You act as if the reaction was going to be "Then we should let the UAE in, because we need MORE security risks like China." DPW isn't worse than China. It's the SAME. We should get them out, too. Question answered.
Then we should probably contract out our defense R&D management to them, too. After all, we can probably get Chinese or UAE to do R&D cheaper, and management doesn't have anything to do with security.
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