Posted on 02/21/2006 12:56:16 PM PST by Jeremiah2911
WASHINGTON — In a rare display of his veto authority President Bush said Tuesday he will put the kibosh on any legislation that attempts to stop the purchase by a United Arab Emirates-owned firm of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which runs six major U.S. ports.
Breaking a gaping silence during the debate of the purchase by Dubai Ports World, Bush said the deal should go forward and won't jeopardize U.S. security.
Officials from the Cabinet departments that participate in the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, which approved the sale last Monday, are appearing in a briefing Tuesday afternoon to defend the process by which CFIUS reviewed and approved the deal.
Officials from the Treasury, Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security will participate.
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Of course it is.
Nobody seems to be concerned that the same UAE is in charge of the ports that ship the container. So, if they wanted to blow something up, they could have done it when P&O was in charge.
This is much ado about nothing, but the politicos and blogs are frantic that a friendly Muslim nation might actually operate some ports.
Coming so soon after the Muslim riots over the cartoons, it's an understandable reaction. But, silly, nonetheless.
How many other black-robed bimbos majored in math in college? She went to law school because it was easy.
Rush has spent hours explaining it, to my satisfaction.
Check out the live thread--maybe that will help or go to his website.
"El Rushbo must've gotten the heads up. This explains a three-hour show on the topic."
Rush is unabashedly a Bush mouthpiece
"El Rushbo must've gotten the heads up. This explains a three-hour show on the topic"
I noticed that too. But I don't care. If it smells like a duck, quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, I don't want that duck watching our ports.
"Sometimes GWB acts like we're in a war, sometimes he seems to be clueless about it. Part of a war is protecting our borders, ports, etc., from enemy infiltration. When is he going to start fighting this part of the war?"
Mostly it just sounds like you definition of who 'the enemy' is is not the same as George Bush's definition of who 'the enemy' is.
No foreign country will. The US still controls the security. US union dockworkers will still be working the docks. Nothing changes, except the workers ultimately report to a Dubai business firm.
Anyway there are enough Republican LEADERS who do NOT believe this is "good for America", I have never seen party members so adamant to the point of threatening suing him for this.
This is a major outsource that doesn't feel "good for America"!
Wait till November this will definitely show up at the polls!
Five full years to find the conviction to lock horns with Congress. And that conviction is to guarantee the right of business to sell out our basic infrastructure to the highest foreign bidder.
You mean like Reagan secured the border?
But, I have a very hard time believing that Bush would stay so strong on defending the country, against all sorts of political and media attacks, and then, let something that could be so threatening slip through. And threaten a veto on top of it?
I disregard all the Democratic posturing, because they are reflexively against everything that Bush does. But, there are some pretty reasonable people who have concerns. I think there's got to be more to the story.
You forgot your sarcasm tag!
It took Rush three hours to explain away all the objections. He didn't need to do that. Most people don't know where to start analyzing either business or national security. He probably didn't change any minds, but it wouldn't matter since most are thinking about this with something else.
Welcome to Free Republic, StephenFrancis.
"How? Can you be specific?"
Yes. 9/11. The hijackers used the UAE for financial and operational support. 'nuf said.
We have zippo idea if there's a "good reason" for this deal. If the "good reason" becomes known, then I'd wager that whatever strategic benefits we would have gained from the deal will be lost.
It is also entirely possible that the deal is as bad as we think it is.
Just have no way of knowing. That's why it is important to have leaders we can trust.
It appears that many here no longer trust GWB.
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