Replies

HUNTER: I don't think the general knows about those things. I think he sees -- he sees the smiling face of Dubai when we're making military operations.

DOBBS: It is in my judgment, and I will say it this way, and in my judgment it is unseemly to see this administration and this Department of Defense literally -- and I hate to use this, in all respect for the uniform and the men, these men who serve the country so well -- to be trotted out to support a deal that is a commercial transaction and a domestic political issue like this. Does that offend you?

HUNTER: Well, actually, Abizaid, General Abizaid was over here to give his regular briefings to...

I'll admit to being tired, but this sounds like Hunter, who gets briefs from Abizaid, saying he knows more than Abizaid. From your post, here is what Abizaid said himself:

GEN. JOHN ABIZAID, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND: The United Arab Emirates is absolutely vital to our stake in the Arabian Gulf area, that they have been good partners, good allies. I'm very dismayed by the emotional responses that some people have put on the table here in the United States, that really comes down to Arab and Muslim bashing. That was totally unnecessary.

Seriously, read the whole thing. Even the dribble that Dobbs interjects. We can all excerpt the little slices that match an agenda. Heck, I have shifted my position a few degrees in the last 17 days. Even a blind hog finds truffles now and again. If the Dims are partially correct on something, we should not seek division. We should seek consensus.

If Duncan Hunter is so certain of his suspicions then why does he, as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, allow the United States to have key military basing and at any given time tens of thousands of U.S. service members on leave in the United Arab Emirates?

I'll admit to being tired, but this sounds like Hunter, who gets briefs from Abizaid, saying he knows more than Abizaid.

I agree with you.

He's going to nationalize all our infrastructure; worrisome.