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Posted on 02/22/2006 7:49:10 PM PST by eddie2
So, Three Muslims Walk Into a Port
by Ann Coulter Posted Feb 22, 2006
The idea that the Democrats have any meaningful interest in America's national security is a joke, so I'm perfectly willing to believe there's more to this port story.
But President Bush is going to need a better justification for turning over management of our ports to an Arab country than he's come up with so far -- especially now that Jimmy Carter has said it's a good idea. Judging from his life's work to date, Carter's definition of a good idea is "an idea likely to hurt America and/or help its enemies."
Bush's defense of the port deal is to say that "those who are questioning it" need to "step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company."
First of all, it's not "all of a sudden." The phrase you're searching for, Mr. President, is "ever since the murderous attacks of Sept. 11." The Bush administration's obstinate refusal to profile Middle Easterners has been the one massive gaping hole in national security since the 9/11 attacks -- attacks that received indirect support from the United Arab Emirates.
There are at least 3,000 reasons why a company controlled by a Middle Eastern Muslim emirate should be held to a different standard than a British company. Many of these reasons are now buried under a gaping hole that isn't metaphorical in lower Manhattan.
Even four years after 9/11, I note that we don't hear Tony Blair condemning some cartoons in a Danish newspaper as "a cultural extremism," or saying their publication represents a "dreadful clash of civilizations."
That was U.A.E. Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Al Dhaheri's recent comment on the great Danish cartoon caper.
So maybe Bush could defend his port deal without insulting our intelligence by asking why anyone might imagine there's any conceivable difference between a British company and a United Arab Emirates company.
Bush has painted himself into a corner on this issue, and he needs a face-saving compromise to get out of it. Here's my proposal: Let Harriet Miers run the ports.
Isn't it enough that we're already patronizing the savages over the cartoons? Do we have to let them operate our ports, too?
The Bush administration defended Muslims rioting over cartoons, saying, "We certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive." Hey, while they're at it, why don't they invite some Muslim leaders with well-known ties to terrorism to the White House for a reception? Oh wait, I forgot ... They did that right after 9/11. Yes, now I see why we must turn over our ports to the United Arab Emirates.
The University of Illinois has suspended editors of the student newspaper, The Daily Illini, for republishing the cartoons -- even though the kiss-ass editors ran a column accompanying the cartoons denouncing them as "bigoted and insensitive."
That was still not enough for Richard Herman, the chancellor of the university, who wrote a letter to the editor saying that he was "saddened" by the publication of the cartoons. You want sad? The University of Illinois' sports teams are known as the "Fighting Illini." Now they're going to have to change it to the "Surrendering Illini."
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly refuses to show the cartoons on "The O'Reilly Factor," saying he doesn't want to offend anyone's religion. Someone should tell him those endless interviews with prostitutes from the Bunny Ranch and porn stars aren't high on Christians' list of enjoyable viewing either. (How about adding Prophet Muhammad cartoon T-shirts and fleece tops to his vast collection of "Factor gear"? Isn't Father's Day right around the corner? I'd buy those.)
Needless to say, the Treason Times won't show the cartoons that have incited mass rioting around the globe. At least The New York Times has a good excuse: It's too busy printing national security secrets that will get Americans killed. Its pages are already brimming with classified information about our techniques for spying on terrorists here in America -- no room for newsworthy cartoons! The Pentagon Papers and a top-secret surveillance program are one thing; cartoons that irritate Muslims are quite another.
Two days after the Times editorial page justified its decision not to reprint the cartoons as "a reasonable choice for news organizations that usually refrain from gratuitous assaults on religious symbols, especially since the cartoons are so easy to describe in words," the Times ran a photo of the Virgin Mary covered in cutouts from pornographic magazines and cow dung -- which I seem to have just described using a handful of common words! Gee, that was easy!
Taking to heart the lesson that violence works, I hereby announce to the world: I am offended by hotel windows that don't open, pilots chattering when the passengers are trying to sleep, and Garfield cartoons. Next time my sleep is disturbed by gibberish about our altitude over Kansas, the National Pilots Emirate embassy is going down. And mark my words: One minute after "Garfield II" goes into pre-production, some heads are gonna roll. Oh -- and I'll take the San Diego port, please.
Or, as she likes to say, with in two weeks the first two were official U.S. Government policy...
Yeah! Everyone knows blondes can't feed themselves! :)
Ann's not a Nazi. She may have her she-wolf moments, but she is no Nazi. This picture is an insult, in spite of the nice rack.
Oh,and if she can play golf,I'd let her marry me.
How many Muslims did the British company send over? Richard Reid was a British citizen.
Hey Dude...don't jerk your knee like that. Of course Annie's not a Nazi. But she is a truth-telling extremist.
"And the fact is, when it comes to the nation's security, I've got to trust someone."
Then why don't you trust someone who at least wants to close our borders to illegal immigration?
Exactly. An American company could be owned or infiltrated by Muslim extremists too. We need SOME Muslim allies or we are screwed. Totally screwed. If we alienate the entire Muslim world, like Ann Coulter would do, given her quote about converting them all and invading their countries, then it will be all out war between us and the entire Muslim world. I don't know what this woman wants. Evidently its the invasion, conversion and deconstruction of all Muslim culture and way of life. Well hell, if that's to be our goal, then no wonder they hate us and want to kill us all. I would not blame them.
I think there's a good chance she'll like that picture. If she doesn't I know she can take it as well as dish it out.
Her first two points have been realized in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
The federal government has two legitimate purposes: national security and lighthouses. This is the one area where you must trust the government because you can't secure the nation yourself.
When Bush was in Georgia during the election a guy I know got to meet him in the receiving line. Bush shook hands with the guy, and the guy said something about Bush making him proud.
Bush had already started to step away, but he turned back and looked this fellow straight in the eyes and said, "I'm going to make you safe, too." This fellow I know was very moved by the determination with which the President spoke. Since it seems to matter to you, I'll also note that this guy is from Georgia, too.
Bush was President on 9/11. I believe that the terrorist attacks impacted him in a way that none of the rest of us will ever understand. I believe that there is nothing more important to him than securing our nation, though admittedly he's failed on the border.
Maybe he's wrong. Maybe I'm wrong. But I've yet to see a clear explanation of how the UAE controling the ports makes us any less safe. And since I've got to trust somebody on national security, I don't mind trusting Bush.
Who should I believe? Ann or GWB? Tough call, but rumor has it that Bush has a little bit more real knowledge on this then Ann. Her legs might be better though.
I disagree with the president on the border issue, but that's an entirely different subject. Even though illegal immigration has national security implications, it's not remotely the same thing as the ports issue.
Evidently its the invasion, conversion and deconstruction of all Muslim culture and way of life.
Now you're starting to make sense. Seen any of those pictures of the rows of beheaded Christians in Indonesia?
Maybe so.
Evidently its the invasion, conversion and deconstruction of all Muslim culture and way of life.
Now you're starting to make sense. Seen any of those pictures of the rows of beheaded Christians in Indonesia?
Right. And this seems obvious to me, but many others seem to think this is not a valid point.
then it will be all out war between us and the entire Muslim world.
It may be in the end anyway, but if we can avoid that then it would be best.
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