[neverdem]

Now Dubai Eyes a Key Defense Contractor

[muleskinner]

First off, the N.Y. Times headline is misleading and created to get just the reaction of the conservative anti-Bush gang.
If any of you brigadiers would bother to go to the Doncasters website, you can see what products or processes are performed at Doncasters plants in the U.S.

I wonder how many of you or people you know are able to function as a result of their orthopedic implant products, instead of being stuck in a wheel chair the rest of your life. The other plants are machine shops or casting houses. I suppose in the imagination of the Black Helicopter crowd, they could be machining the plutonium inner core of a nuclear bomb.

Second, you could make a case for the Dubai Ports deal offering a dock to a ship with a WMD aboard. Although any ship loaded with WMD's could tie up anywhere and release the WMD before any inspection took place.
This deal has far less opportunity for serious problems, IMO. Machinists and engineers aren't looking for trouble, more likely they're on the lookout for trouble.

[zip]

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I wonder, is it too much to ask that companies and plants that produce parts for our military be American-owned?

[curiosity]

Bush sells out his country yet again. No surprise here.

[ran15]

Like I always say the golden rule.... The man with the gold rules.

These oil rich states have incredible amounts of money. Not only from the oil, but they then invest a lot of that money, which grows into even more money. Add to that in Dubai there is no tax on income, capital gains or dividends.. and it means even if they start out with less money, through exponential growth they will pass a nation with high taxes.

[nicmarlo]

Because the plants make turbine blades for tanks and aircraft, the deal was reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which sent it on to Mr. Bush himself for a decision, a step used only when the potential security risks or political considerations are particularly acute....

But apparently the President approved this anyways.

[tutstar]

What in the world is he thinking?

[BnBlFlag]

Unbelievable. He's going to destroy the Reublican Party at the most crucial time in our history since the Civil War or more correctly, the War of Northern Agression.
Not to mention the sheer insanity of having Muslims run our Defense Production.
I don't give a Damn if he is Impeached. He deserves it as much as the Bent One did. Sad, sad, sad.