[sinkspur]

The cluelessness of this administration never ceases to amaze me.

Yeah. The administration is really dumb in not wanting to piss off every Arab country in the world. We should especially stab in the back that country which services our ships in its ports, and provides strategic intelligence about al-Qaeda.

No other country in the entire friggin' world, including the Brits and Aussies, have a problem with the UAE. But our pandering Congress, led by the excreble, terrorist-loving Peter King, decides it should appeal to the worst instincts of the voting public by making sure no Arab gets anywhere near doing business in the United States.

We look silly, and the Arabs would be entirely justified in calling in all the debt they hold.

[oceanview]

would you sell Doncasters to the chinese?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

This is not a question about us "having a problem" or "backstabbing" the UAE.

The UAE is not entitled to large swaths of our economy simply because it is the UAE, any more than other foreign nations are entitled to those segments of our economy.

Simply because there are other countries deracinating their industrial base does not mean that we should follow suit, or that their policies are necessarily the best ones.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>We look silly, and the Arabs would be entirely justified in calling in all the debt they hold.

And you sound stupid, not to mention hysterical. You've shown yourself to be a cheap propagandist for the Islamic world.

America's men and women are fighting and dying in Iraq to try and bring some stability and peace in a extremely dangerous part of the world. According to PresBush this is being done to fight terrorism, and to spread freedom and democracy throughout the Islamic world. The US military is also protecting the sheikdoms of the UAE from terrorist attacks.

How many combat troops does the UAE have in Iraq today?

I'll tell you. None. Zero. Zippo. Zilch.

The UAE needs the US more then we need the UAE.

[TomasUSMC]

not wanting to piss off every Arab country in the world.

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What?
Screw that mindset.

We are at WAR. The President of the United States
- should be acting in a way that makes every Arab country in the world afraid to piss US off!

Tell the Muslim Countries that if they want to maintain good trade relations with US, then we had better see 20 brigades of ground pounding muslim troops joining the Coalition YESTERDAY or else we will let the Muslim nutcases around the world loose on them and count the days it takes for all their governments to blow up.

Mobilize this Country and Win the War!

[Smokin' Joe]

When petrodollars become petroeuros, people will begin to understand their folly. By then, the feces will have hit the rotary airshifter, economically speaking. I think I'll put some money into gold.

[FBD]

>"We look silly, and the Arabs would be entirely justified in calling in all the debt they hold."<


so... now we're held hostage because of our (now) 9 trillion dollar debt debt?

Might be a good reason for the Republicans in the White House, Senate, and Congress to reign in deficit spending wouldn't you say?

[maryz]

No other country in the entire friggin' world, including the Brits and Aussies, have a problem with the UAE.

Also including Israel, from what I read!