Posted on 02/24/2006 12:20:23 PM PST by Jim Robinson
FR Poll: After a few days of fact finding and debate, do you now support or oppose the Dubai Ports deal?
Support
Oppose
Undecided
Support! In fact, foreign owners already run those ports. Anytime the MSM is against something, I am for it! We all know on what side the MSM is on, and it is not for our Country or our President.
UAE has done more for our Country than any of our normal so called friends in the world. We all scream innocent until proven guilty, why not give the UAE the same benefit of dought we give all others when dealing the same in the same business deals.
The security will NOT change, and have in fact, been increased over the deal. What more do we want? Americans will still be in charge of the security, and Americans will still be doing the same work as they now are doing. Nothing will change, except the businessmen now in charge of operations.
Support.
I also support making Michelle Malkin write "I will not engage in rhetorical hyperbole that is contrary to fact" 1,000,000 times on the blackboard after class.
Perturbed the first day, sanguine thereafter.
Support.
Support, but needed to find out the facts. Besides, it is now clear that the dems could truly care the less who owns the ports and are only doing this to try to appear like National Security hawks.
Support.
Support is a strong word, since pretty much anyone would prefer to see an American firm get the business.
But I'm not against a legitimate business transaction.
Nothing will be any different from the current situation.
Oppose.
Although Democrats' sudden "terror-warrior" stance keeps making me want to change my mind.
God, I hate being on the same side of an issue as those imbeciles, even if their opposition is the height of hypocrisy. These same scumbags who don't want us to "surveill" al-Qaeda all of a sudden are concerned about security?
Support. Nothing new in this deal; it's been happening a long time - and not just with our ports. Bush isn't selling security to the highest bidder.
oppose:
mainly because i belive that america should be ran by america
not by a bunch of foreigners
people in the u.s. need jobs
give it to them
we need to help our own people
before we start just giving things away
Oppose, and I also oppose China running ports, so my vote isn't just about Dubai.
I know the ports are primarily, if not entirely, American worker operated, but the foreign influence of a port still exists.
I'm OK with it.
It's a PR mess.
I support it.
SUPPORT!
Leary at first. But, not now.
Support
I have no problem with this transaction. If something gets into this country it will not be because of the simple fact of Dubai's involvement with this company. Maybe the argument could be made that we will more closely scrutinize port security, but then we would just go ahead and do that in full view of the world, followed by shrieking about weaknesses, real and imagined, and then a demand for more spending and that would be foolish.
Support.
The Brits are simply doing business.
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