Posted on 02/22/2006 2:41:12 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
When Israel wanted to bar Hamas from the elections, Bush sent Rice to say "no", they will participate.
Let's not rewrite history.
Well not that bad.
Yeah, he thought Miers would blow over, too.
Update: The Rear Admiral reminded Hugh Hewitt that the guys who work our ports are our American Longshoremen...the mighty all American dockworkers...a more patriotic bunch you cannot find.
Suggesting maybe a little over-reaction?
Here I was all set to watch our dis-enchanted former "loyalists" throw out the baby with the wash water.
Do you have a problem with Congressional review? There's no rush, is there?
Well said. For all the thousands of posts on the subject, you said it best. Succinct and on target.
It is politcally stupid and not worth a veto.
....well, it will get veto'd cause when you follow the MONEY you will see Daddy Bush and Carlucci of Carlyl Group sold part of CSX to the Dubai crew and they always get their money...that's why they love Bubba, he was so good to them in Mena AR after taking his cut for all the drug smuggling for the CIA and BushI pals...
always about the money...
Just as we cannot possibly win in Iraq without help from indigenous Arab allies, so too the UAE would be much more capable than the British (or us) of identifying and interdicting terrorist plots of the wacko-militant-Jihadist-fundamentalist-we-already-have-a-Constitution-it's-the-Koran minority members of their own culture aimed at ports where Black Gold & Texas Tea are unloaded for American addicts to consume.
The UAE has vital, FINANCIAL & SURVIVAL interests at stake in safely delivering the product and continuing to live life that completely transcend whole multitudes of virgins promised to those bent on dying sooner rather than later for Allah...
Hugh just spoke with Gaffney on the Port Deal.
He's deeply concerned. Seriously.
More from him:
http://www.nationalreview.com/gaffney/gaffney200602220830.asp
1) WMDs are not smuggled as easily through manufacturing as they are ports. Manufacturers goods must come through ports.
2)I am not aware of any manufacturers on American soil or anywhere else for that matter, owned by countries where the favored male child's name is Mohammad
3) No large manufacturers in the United States are owned by foreign governments.
Your comparison is not a good one. I would not have nearly as big of a problem with UAE manufacturing their national automobile here.
what is hugh's take
He's Hugh. Fair. Open. Willing to hear all points.
Conservative.
He's got Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School on next.
Balanced.
Even allows callers who use the term "Jump the Shark" in conversation.
He sees this as a "door" for our enemies.
Thanks for the lecture, but if you got your head out of computer, you'd see the Tsunami out there against this.
The money used to fund the 9/11, most of it was sent to the hijackers thru the UAE banking system. Two of the Hi Jackers were originally from the UAE.
The UAE stone walled US efforts to track Al Quaeda bank accounts after 9/11.
They do not recognize Israel as a sovereign State.
The UAE was a transfer point for shipments of nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya.
Maybe you should try some of your own prescribed meds..
(And notice I'm not even talkin about the flood of ILLEGAL aliens thru our porous insecure borders)..sw
thanks for the details
This has been answered a million times. First yeah they dont recognize Israel. I realize that but even good ole Joe LIberiman doesnt seem to have a problem with that. If we had to wait to have commerce with people till they recognized Israel well maybe my grandchildren will see it. I support Israel but thats not a issue. In fact doing stuff like this having the UAE engage the World makes it more likely that they will eventally engage Israel. Since 911 they have supported us in public and non public ways. Time to reward that.
The fact that 2 guys came from UAE doesnt matter. 5 million people condemmed because of that. PLease. If we want allies we got to treat them as allies. The only Tusunami is breaking is hysteria.
The way I understand this is that the Brits were a COMPANY, but the UAE is a GOVERNMENT. While I'll admit I do not understand the whole thing, I am wary of an Arab government being involved.
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