Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
I do not totally agree. But I will be ecstatic if Halliburton, or KBR gets the contract. Don't throw me in the briar patch!
It's not unsourced, see here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593048/posts
Some of the language is different, but the idea is the same.
Islamic hubris! Yank your support Dubai, and suck Iranian hind teat. Blackbird.
Do you always complain this much? Maybe you ought to develop your own website, then you could make all the rules.
And decisions...
You will never find where our brothers of Mohamed (praise be upon him) put the nukes.
That hasn't fit all posters on FR at times though.
What I object to the MOST, is congress's underhanded, dirty-dealing on this issue. Pttuui! Captains quarters blog says it well, Here's a snip:
It took a fortnight of hysteria, hypocrisy, and rampant misinformation to resolve this dog of a deal, a process which should thoroughly embarrass everyone involved.
The new deal works for the President; he can maintain credibility with a strategic partner in the war on terror, and as more facts come out as the shouting subsides, his position will improve. Congressional Republicans get to claim their independence from the White House. Congressional Democrats get to brag about their insistence on ignoring their own call for a second security review and claim the result as a win. DP World gets to dump the worst part of the P&O deal onto an American company that will get to deal with the political fallout of the controversy.
The only losers appear to be Hillary Clinton and the state-owned foreign firms doing exactly what DP World wanted to do with these terminals. Hillary still has to explain why she so vigorously opposed a deal that her husband actively facilitated, which promises some interesting rhetorical contortions later in the election season. The other firms from China and Saudi Arabia should face the same level of scrutiny as DP World, if Congress actually gives a damn about port security and all the concerns they raised over the DP World deal.
A whole lot of "knee jerking" going on here, over un-named sources, and a lot of hubris. What a bunch of flakes you appeasers turned out to be. Grip, get one! Blackbird.
I cannot blame the UAE for wanting to spend their money elsewhere BUT at the same time I cannot EVER forget that the UAE is where the USS Cole was blown up. Maybe one has nothing to do with the other but...... maybe it does.
The $64,000 question, or is it the $7 billion dollar question? Look at all the "knee jerking" going on. LOL! Blackbird.
Believe that was Yemen..
YOU are so correct. I formally apologize to the UAE and this forum for MY ignorance.
Actually, I've never complained about moderation vis a vis which articles are posted and which are pulled.
I think they do a tremendous job on FR.
Today was the exception.
understood re tin-foil. fair to say that claiming the same about the USSR in the 40s-50's that has to some degree been confirmed now would have been considered tin foil also. you can bet various US intelligence agencies are certainly involved in covertly trying to influence outcomes in other countries we have an interest in.
IOW everyone does it.
okay fair enough
That thread is very old news.
This one is fun too: http://varifrank.com/archives/2006/02/thank_you_for_f_1.php
So, let me get this straight - While the entire US political-wonk class is frothing out the mouth over the sale of "port dock concessions to the United Arab Emirates" in a fashion I havent seen since the great "Flouride Wars of the 1950's", it turns out that "Emirates Air" and its subsidiary "Emirates Sky Cargo" has Passenger and Cargo Terminal Space at JFK.
Chuckle. I was referring to Bre'r Rabbit. The Dims jumped up and said that even Halliburton would be better than DPW. Whoever negotiated the business divestiture will be considered a genius if they involve Halliburton or KBR in any fashion. I was not accusing you or anyone else of throwing me in the briar patch. It was metaphor.
The CQ take is pretty accurate IMHO. The vitriol and hyperbole will ratchet down wrt to DPW. And a precedent has been set for scrutiny and transparency regarding state-owned enterprises.
Would you care to explain that? Not being snarky, but I personally posted that thread today, from a news article from today.
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