[Soul Seeker]

Kind of hard to drop it when our Congress has just thrown its finger in the face of the entire Middle east and said "Screw you", considering we're in a war on terror and all and reliant on them for intel, bases etc... Or maybe we're not in a war anymore. I have my doubts about now given the behavior of our representatives.

At any rate you cannot equate allies with terrorists and then when you get the port deal dropped because of it, expect it all to go away. YOU and folks like you brought this on, well, there are consequences to your actions. And thank to YOU and OTHERS, he has to deal with some of those consequences. It ain't over and won't be anytime soon because of it.

[oceanview]

congress stopped a state owned arab company here, and only regarding a specific investment in this piece of infrastructure. the UAE can and will buy a whole host of other US assets, without question. but even amongst friends, there are boundaries.

[hedgetrimmer]

Kind of hard to drop it when our Congress has just thrown its finger in the face of the entire Middle east and said "Screw you",

Riiiggghhhttt..... When in wartime did the US ever let a foreign entity have access to our coast? Just wondering. Oh, only in the war on terror? Why is that? Is the strategy to triumph over them via a trade deficit?

[308MBR]

YES....WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ISRAEL....SCREW THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST.

That's half our problem in Iraq today. For the first six months we were there, anybody and I mean anybody who popped their head up should have had it blown off.

[Greenpees]

You are absolutely correct. I can't believe our fellow conservatives can't see this for what it is.

[drhogan]

doesn't dubai still support hamas, and doesn't dubai call for a "one state solution in Palestine.

[samm1148]

I've spent ten hours now pouring over this port deal. What was lacking in the whole thing was an explanation of just why DPW was the best choice. Now I'm so darn conservative that I think of myself as to the right of Rush Limbaugh. So it was not without recrimination that I found myself seemingly on the other side.

One of the things I wanted to do since the pro-deal people could provide no clear, logical, concise reason why the deal should go forth (beyond that of which "you are an racist, sexist, homophobe if you oppose it). I tried my darndest and here are the results:

Dubai Ports World is a wholly owned government entity. In choosing them CFIS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the US) conducted the standard 30 day review of the state-owned company but failed to complete a second 45 day review required by law. I wonder why that is? (I'm not throwing out innuendo. I'm asking a genuine question)

Dubai's ports rank 13nth in the world out of 30. Now I don't know port operations but what does that mean? Are they the 13nth best company?

I want to tie this link directly to this comment. This is an excellent article I found on the Emir or Prime Minister of the UAE (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48963). I'm sorry to post the links this way I'm new at this part. But frankly this guy appears to me as another nutcase in the making.

I found this article on military.com (a great site for us military guys and gals btw). It is an unbiased article on port security written after 9-11 but before this ports debacle. (http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent/1,12044,FL_ports_103001,00.html)

The UAE still does not recognize Israel. Pro-porters dismissed this saying 'that is true for all Arab countries'. Yes it is but that neither makes the act right nor acceptable. In fact it is endemic of the same hatred that drove those planes into the Twin Towers.

Then there is there complicity with Osama Bin Laden that has been documented in the 9-11 report. There is an implication that an emirate official warned Bin Laden of US survellience. How can we trust that same country now?

We are indeed in a war. And it is time for our allies to act as such and not as business partners out to make a buck. Charles Krauthamer summed this up so much better than I could:

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/opinion/13959430.htm

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48907

http://acertainslantoflight.blogspot.com/2006/02/ports-deal-strategic-security.html

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/03/04/27/85645.html