Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
How old are you?
Better yet, ever been to Dubai?
I have.
STFU "son".
" True "friends" stick with/by you whether they get what they want or not."
Your crazy. If the situation was reversed, we would be telling them to go to hell. I'm not surprised, but I'm very disappointed. The UAE has been a true friend in the war on terror. They stepped into harms way to help us, and our foolish leaders call them terrorist for politic points.
Republicans don't deserve to lead anymore.
this is probably the most fiery topic to come down the pipeline for "conservatives" to wrestle with in a long time. sorry if I'm a little sensitive.
Obviously, Boeing isn't happy about the mess.
And they'll mutter curses under the breath as they continue roll in dough.
Your post says that I should fear their actions. I disagree. Its the UAE that needs to kiss ass here, because without us, they and Kuwait and Oman etc cease to exist. Wake up. We are in a position of strenght, why do you wish to portray our position as weak?
So you don't know what "blackmail" is either? In addition to being clueless wrt National Security needs.
"No, we've allowed globalist greed to interfere with sound decision-making related to national security."
What are you talking about?
That's precisely the point!
These people are not us, and insofar as this regime has any Western characteristics at all it is in opposition to its people-the natives, not the millions of imported, non-Muslim workers-not because of them.
It is an unrepresentative, undemocratic, dictatorial monarchy, just like every other country in that region, with the exception of Yemen, which is an undemocratic, unrepresentative, quasi-military dictatorship.
This is why the Sabahs had to force women's suffrage through the parliament in Kuwait, which would have never passed it on its own initiative.
This is the problem with basing our strategic partnerships upon such flimsy pretexts as which despotic sheik or sultan or military caudillo happens to be in charge of a nation at any given moment in time.
"It is far better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
If this becomes law, the Supreme Court will eventually rule 9-0 to overturn it. It's a bill of attainder.
Lately, it seems there's always one behind me!!
You may have a point. Perhaps we are thinking in very simplistic terms, using the word "friends" when it comes to complex business or political arrangements between governments. Fine. But I don't think anyone is asking to shut Arabs, or Chinese, them out of ANY businesses in the country!... All we are saying is look, after 9/11, we have decided -- or, we are heavily under pressure from our ignorant constituents :) -- to keep direct control of any critical infrastructure/components that may put the US in danger... nothing personal. There are tons of other businesses they can invest in. Why is it that this idea of controlling our security doesn't strike me as outrageous?... I understand we are in a "Global Economy," etc, etc, etc... but does that mean, we have to sell EVERYTHING?... Should we outsource the CIA? :)
That is a good question. I understood that it was a "business" deal between Great Britain & The UAE. So, I'm confused.
LOL
and what about Boeing?
They will retaliate against us. Not militarily, that's suicide, but they will hit us where it counts as well, in our pockets and within our military.
Give in to threats??? WTF are you talking about? So it's blackmail a for a country to tell us we can't station thousands of troops and hundreds of ships within their borders? That's one of the silliest things I've ever heard on here, and that's saying a lot. If we decide that we aren't allies, and we can't trust any of them for something as trivial as this, primarily because of our own contempt for and suspicion of Arabs, then why in the heck should they let our military have the run of our country? Just because, I guess? Get a clue. We can't play this both ways, and I wouldn't if I were them either.
Just another note, perhaps you are not aware that Iran has no use for the maniacs who run these little dictatorships in the middle east, nor does osama have use for them. Nah, they need us and they need us badly, real badly
If the numbers stay the same, it will be veto proof.
In the interim, the president needs to appoint a point person (he needed to do that 3 weeks ago) to explain the facts to the public. It's the worst PR campaign I've ever seen.
Do you mean that in the context of the UAE reconsidering American surrogates having bombed Mecca on 9/11, and THEN changing their mind on our buying UAE ports?
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