To: ARealMothersSonForever
Because this whole thing is not an "all or nothing" proposition. The UAE does it risk-benefit analysis, we do ours. Nobody got gut-checked, and the divestiture is not going to close port operations and lead to global chaos. It was business hardball and some congresscritters expended political capital. President Bush actually comes out pretty well, and HClinton has not said "Boo" today.So you are admitting that it was never about national security. Just hardball business. Further, the security of our troops doesn't even register on the radar!?
1,850 posted on
03/09/2006 8:25:23 PM PST by
TigersEye
(Everywhere I look all I see are my own desires.)
To: TigersEye; ARealMothersSonForever
For the Emir, yes, it was about hardball business. But for lots of his people it might well have been about paradise.
1,855 posted on
03/09/2006 8:30:32 PM PST by
Sam the Sham
(A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
To: TigersEye
So you are admitting that it was never about national security. Just hardball business. Further, the security of our troops doesn't even register on the radar!?It was all about a business deal between P&O and DPW, of which 6 operations are US based. Our troops were never threatened. There has been speculation along the lines of "what if divestiture offends Dubai and they blah blah".
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