Posted on 02/22/2006 2:41:12 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
Steady as we go. These intended consequences are always interesting to ponder.
It's the "unintended" ones that add the spice of life.
Seems Malkin coined the term "arm-chair first responders" for Katrina...she's on after burners on this UAE port deal and leaving a wake of sputtering flabbergasted mouth breathers clutching their hearts.
Let's see what ol' "Tone-Deaf George" will do next.
I figure this is about a deal made with dubai being right at the straits of hormuz. I'd trust President Bush to do what's best for our troops before any political poseur on the hill.
LOL.
Whoa, hoss! The DemWits would be much worse. This is a family matter, and the MSM ain't family. We can handle this debate ourselves as we handled Miers. Bush is our horse, and he knows our voice. Under the Demoncrats, we have no horse, much less an attended voice.
I wish we could put some of these armchair warriors in charge of the country for a day, since they seem to think they can do a much better job at running it than Bush.
OK. How 'bout putting Frist in charge for a few days?
Gonna peel off and listen to Hugh Hewitt interview the head of the US Coast Guard on Port Security, Adm. Bone (sp?).
Odd.
The Admiral sounds like he knows what he's talking about!!!!?
UAE has been a friend of the United States lately under the Sheikh but what happens if he gets killed? Will the next ruler be just as friendly? The UAE's status with the USA is just a heartbeat away from changing. Look what happened to Iran after the Shaw was gone.
While I'm at it, why should ANY foreign country be running our ports, including China? Our government wants to intrude into every little detail of States and individuals but wants no responsibility for our ports or borders? What gives?
Can't we just give the UAE some F-16s and a thank you card and call it good? I support much of what President Bush has done but why is he so down on our sovereignty?
I consider nothing more important than the war on "radical" Islam.
Our country and our lives hang in the balance.
Giving the Dems an issue to attack with on this, and which a vast majority of Americans oppose, is politically stupid, will bring the Dems to power, and will jeopardize the war effort.
It is politcally stupid and not worth a veto.
OH Goody!
Hugh's got ol' Frank Gaffney in the warm up circle.
Now there's a guy who's not exactly "wishy washy".
Should be a "fun" thing to hear.
This President brought Hamas to power.
I don't trust his judgment any more.
There been a ton of people here posting today saying the UAE was a good place to live. This isnt Libya
What? Everyone needs to take the day off tomorrow not watch any news and perhaps chill with old prescription drugs they havent used up. President Bush didnt bring Hamas to power. Lets not all go off the deep end
The left will not be allowed to give hamas legitimacy on the world stage like they did arafat. Hamas is on borrowed time like the iranian and syrian govt.
Don't count on it.
Oh, please, what utter nonsense. I'm against the port deal also, but I'm able to do so without completely falling off the edge of rationality, as you seem to have done.
Probably OK, but sure will kick up a stink.
Not only will it blow over, there will be praise for the process that arrived at this decision.
That's the story of next week. The process that was undertaken will be revealed. It will be shown to be thorough, tough, insistent on maximum safety and probably superior to similar processes used by the Clinton administration.
It's not about the result. It's about the process taken to reach the result. If the process is seen to be excellent, the result will be embraced by everyone but the Democrats, and they will look bad yet again and weak on terror.
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