Are there no businessmen on this thread?
I can guarantee you that if the shoe were reversed, our country would do EXACTLY what the UAE is doing.
guaranteed, but you know, isolationists are NEVER the bad guys....
I mean, after all, Dubai SHOULD bow to us right? /sarcasm
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?
"Are there no businessmen on this thread?
I can guarantee you that if the shoe were reversed, our country would do EXACTLY what the UAE is doing."
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You are absolutely right!
If I'm denied the opportunity to compete in a specific market. I take my business elsewhere.
On a micro scale, I stopped shopping at Target because of their Christmas policies. Why should a huge nationally owned company be any different?
"I can guarantee you that if the shoe were reversed, our country would do EXACTLY what the UAE is doing."
I don't know about that. Have we really been that tough on France and Germany? Have we been tough on Vicente Fox's mass exodus across our borders?
Makes sense to me?
We told them we don't want to do business with them (regardless of the reason), so why is everyone shocked that they're asking themselves if they should do business with us? It's not a threat, it's negotiation? All they're doing is reminding us that this a two way street.
Peach we're wasting our time and energy because some are incapable of understanding what was at risk here. Even now I'm reading where some are saying they're glad the SALE didn't go through.
I will be in Jerry Lewis's local office area on Tuesday and I'm making a point of going by his office and letting them know what a dirty trick he played adding the military defense bill to this.