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Dubai threat to hit back (UAE Threatens Against Boeing and US Bases Support)
The Hill.com ^ | March 9, 2006 | Roxana Tiron

Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze

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To: EternalVigilance

Oh they went over the cliff alright. Dragging America's reputation with them.


1,981 posted on 03/09/2006 9:52:43 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Howlin

Great find. The Union thugs are deep into this. Saudi ports in NYC? Fine, says Chucky. No upgrades that take Union jobs. UAE ports in NYC? NO WAY, says Chucky. They are state-of-the-art. Too many Union jobs will go.


1,982 posted on 03/09/2006 9:52:55 PM PST by TigersEye (Everywhere I look all I see are my own desires.)
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To: Howlin

So... actually I think his clearance is higher than retired General Franks...and two people with similar clearences should agree 100 % of the time? As to "my daddy can beat up your daddy"..I am not playing that game because that is not the issue.


1,983 posted on 03/09/2006 9:55:01 PM PST by lawdog
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To: lawdog
So we should what make it even easier...

Can you not grasp the fact that the very same people who ran the terminals LAST week will be running them tomorrow?

Even if the UAE deal had gone through, the SAME people -- UNIONS -- would be doing the same jobs they've been doing for years.

Do the facts not matter to you?

1,984 posted on 03/09/2006 9:55:11 PM PST by Howlin ("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

When I decide to pitch one you'll know when it starts and stops. At present I am just responding to LIES.


1,985 posted on 03/09/2006 9:55:55 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: lawdog
"I am not playing that game because that is not the issue."

I beg to differ. I believe it is THE VERY issue.

If I have to believe a congressman, be it my own Jim Talent or Duncan Hunter, over Tommy Franks, or other Generals who have been in the field, it's very easy for me.

Congress has performed VERY POORLY in this. And I don't forget issues like this.

1,986 posted on 03/09/2006 9:58:20 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: jimbo123
Business deals fail all the time.

Not by an act of Congress.

1,987 posted on 03/09/2006 9:58:29 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: lawdog
...the UAE did allow an environment that provided an opportunity for the chicanery to occur. Which should be of concern.

Oh, that's a great point! Speaking of environments for chicanery; the 9/11 hijackers trained in FL. Three Al Queda terrorists were arrested in Ohio last week. An entire cell was found in Buffalo, NY. Another terrorist ran down nine people with an SUV in NC. Bad places!!!

1,988 posted on 03/09/2006 9:58:33 PM PST by TigersEye (Everywhere I look all I see are my own desires.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
Oh they went over the cliff alright. Dragging America's reputation with them.

62-2.

Our representatives decided that the views of 80% of the American people mattered more than the opinion of the world.

Boohoo...

1,989 posted on 03/09/2006 9:58:33 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Enough sour grapes going on here to make a whole bunch of cheap 'whine'...)
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To: dfwgator
The sale has already gone through. The sale had nothing to do with the U.S. it was only the terminal leases the U.S. was involved in.

Try doing some homework. You might benefit from it and stop looking like such an a****le.
1,990 posted on 03/09/2006 9:59:42 PM PST by AmeriBrit (The 'hildabeast' must be stopped. RELEASE THE COMPLETE BARRETT REPORT.....NOW!)
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To: Flux Capacitor
Though we do have El Presidente to thank for suggesting to the entire world that Americans are a bunch of bigots. Good job, George!

The bigots are the ones that go around killing business deals on the basis of skin color and religious background.

1,991 posted on 03/09/2006 10:00:17 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: EternalVigilance
Did your mother beat your head with a ball bat when you were little?

Serious question.

1,992 posted on 03/09/2006 10:02:41 PM PST by TigersEye (Everywhere I look all I see are my own desires.)
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To: Howlin
I know all the "talking points" too...

It is a question of access..not by the UAE as a singular entity but by persons who may for treasure or blood exploit and achieve another surprise attack on Americans in America.

If the "deal" is beneficial than a "review" is not a bad thing.

1,993 posted on 03/09/2006 10:03:36 PM PST by lawdog
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; Peach
Peach: Our debt will rise. Gas will rise. Our military will be kicked out of countries that have previously supported us.

rightwingintelligentsia: And I'm sure the Democrats will find a way to blame it all on Bush.

 

I'm sure they're working on that right now.

1,994 posted on 03/09/2006 10:03:47 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: KJC1
It's not just one mere Congressman.

It's the entire Congress, with a few notable exceptions.

In addition to the overwhelming majority of the American public, who are usually right about things that directly impact their personal security.

Which state's representatives were prominent attendees at the Arab-Islamic conference in October of 1973-which occured at the height of the Yom Kippur War-where the Arabs tried to break the back of Europe and the United States-and in the former case succeeded beyond their wildest expectations-for having the temerity to not unreservedly endorse the annihilation of Israel's citizens?

I'll answer for you.

It was Abu Dhabi.

Which pseudo-country bankrolled the construction of the grand mosque and Islamic center of Rome-whose odious minaret now dwarfs even the most hallowed, indispensable elements of the Church in the city where the Papacy is headquartered?

None other than the very UAE that some faux conservatives are now falling over themselves to venerate, God knows why.

These people are not allies, no matter how much that lie is repeated it will never be true.

1,995 posted on 03/09/2006 10:04:15 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Democrats and "being right" shouldn't be used in the same sentence by a Conservative.

Welcome to Bush's second term.

1,996 posted on 03/09/2006 10:05:15 PM PST by Junior_G
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To: dead
"Yes. We'll all watch. We'll watch our ships continue to dock in their ports as long as our Navy wants to dock in their ports."




Does your head ever see daylight?
1,997 posted on 03/09/2006 10:05:45 PM PST by AmeriBrit (The 'hildabeast' must be stopped. RELEASE THE COMPLETE BARRETT REPORT.....NOW!)
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To: TigersEye
Did your mother beat your head with a ball bat when you were little?

Yeah. She said it was to toughen me up for all the jerks I was gonna meet in this world...

1,998 posted on 03/09/2006 10:05:53 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Enough sour grapes going on here to make a whole bunch of cheap 'whine'...)
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To: Petronski
Peter King, Hillary Clinton, John Boehner, Barbara Boxer, Bill Bennett, Chucky Schumer and the rest of them are doing their best to make that so.

Anyone who green lighted the deep-sixing of this port deal paved the way for the UAE to issue this "payback".

1,999 posted on 03/09/2006 10:06:05 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: TigersEye
No, just Chapel Hill.
2,000 posted on 03/09/2006 10:06:32 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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