Posted on 02/21/2006 12:32:20 PM PST by Brian Mosely
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.
I don't see how the potential for that changes. I think it's always there.
Two things:
Sen. Shumer has stated that he would support Halliburton over the Dubai company, that's how bad this thing stinks.
America should be ashamed of itself that we can't find Americans to do the job. I'd rather see it temporarily militarized than to hire our own enemies, (and Dubai openly supports the Taliban and the Iraqi 'insurgents'). And Dubai made it possible for the 9/11 terrorists to do their thing by providing fake passports and laundered money.
If we are to get hit again by terrorists, I'd prefer that it wasn't because of our own stupidity/insanity.
Did I say they had?
You have a link to their declaration?
Dog, that's a pretty asinine thing for you to say! Muslims didn't declare war on us before they took down the WTC towers either. Over 3000 people lost their lives because of Muslims.
Do you honestly think that Americans want to give Muslims the opportunity, knowing that they will explode a nuke if they get their hands on one? All they have to do is get one into the NY port and they can take it right into NYC and kill hundred of thousands of people by detonating it. I don't think we need to help them by giving them easy access into our harbors.
How do you know that in fact that isn't the case here? If an override is guaranteed going in, Bush gives the Congressional GOP incumbency a chance to go back to the districts and say, "I'm my own man, I voted against the President on this major issue." Then Bush himself tells the Emirates that he went to the bitter limit for them, and thus they must make good to join a coalition supporting a pre-emptive strike on Iran. Then Halliburton gets the port contract after the elections.
Game. Set. Match.
The British don't seem to mind that the UAE company is going to own the company that runs their ports. Australia already HAS their ports run by the company, as does Germany.
Other allies have ports run by the CHINEESE company out of Hong Kong.
Well said.....the hyperbole is sickening. Did you see the posts that insinuated that the president is a homosexual with a preference for Arabs?
Clearly.
Well I'm late to the Bush bash here, but good for him, for denying the main two "qualities" of the democrat party, emotion and ignorance, which are paraded everyday by the MSM and by some who post on FR.
"the ONLY other bid came from a SINGAPORE company"
Hmmm...I didn't see that notice in the paper. Probably the governors, and represenatives from those state didn't either, due to the reaction.
Maybe I missed the part of that story about the "Abu Dhabi, UAE" postmark on those anthrax letters.
Maybe you failed to show that the anthrax in question was of domestic manufacture and not from a foreign lab.
Oh, and the anthrax attacks were very small. And what is the best way to bring in a large weapon?
Ships.
It will be far easier for terrorists to get completed materials abroad on the black market, asssemble the device and ship it here. And all it would take would be a couple of sympathizers in management telling them where the security holes are.
You are off your rocker ..
Well, let's just say the President's comments are inconsistent with his beliefs. Why?
little more than unadulterated BS!
Is Dubai where Michael Jacksin is whoring?
Remember the Old Devo Song "Whip It"......I can't get that song out of my mind today!
Unbelievable. Rediculous. Stupid. Should we give them the airports, too?
Say bye-bye to winning in 2006 and beyond, all thanks to Dubya.
"The UAE, Saudia, and Pakistan were the only countries to recognize the Taliban.....interesting to see the pro-muslim elements here ignore this very uncomfortable fact."
Further, Dubai is supporting Hamas. I'm not anti-Islam, in general. I'm anti-terrorist. That said, I don't trust Islamic governments at all.
I do not want any company that is wholly-owned by an Islamic government to have anything to do with our ports.
It almost seems like the fix is in for a Dem take over of Congress. To do something this nuts is suicidal.
But Jimmy Carter has already weighed in. Which kind of tells me somethings wrong here.
A swell idea!
Wonder why H-W didn't bid. Too busy in Panama?
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