Posted on 02/28/2006 1:02:31 AM PST by BlueSky194
It is a sign of national self-mastery and self-assurance. Both of those virutes, when grounded to reality, are amoung the strongest of protections against terror and attack.
But, you're right nopardons, DPW has been doing business with and has had a presence in Israel for some time now.
The unions thank you, that's all we need is another AMTRACK on the ports, talk about screwing up the economy.
I doubt they will either. Not if they want to conduct business in the US. They need to get the officials back home on board as well. If they do, it's not a negative. But to characterize it as Israeli politics is incorrect, it's US law.
hey BSF! :) ZIM does business with DPW whats the problem?
Exactly. Yet so far, many in Congress and here at FR have completely ignored that aspect.
I took issue with the headline, given the fact that Zim and DPW do business togeather.
Like I said, the whole timing of this article is suspect.
same thing I thought.
If they know so much about our laws, they would buttress their argument with which U.S. law(s) were broken.
well BSF its all yours im goin' to bed. :) g'Night all
LOL! Good night! I just got up. :)
So, the profits the UAE makes from the port will be used to enforce the Israeli boycott. It will go towards the "Dubai Customs Department's Office for the Boycott of Israel"
Can you believe they actually have an office that! Can we have our cake and eat too?
Frankly, anyone familiar with international trade is familiar with boycotts, with the Arab boycott, and the anti-boycott law in the US. The fact that the JP didn't mention the specific legislation doesn't change the facts.
Rest assured, Dubai Ports is very familiar with the legislation, as are their advisors, and I'd assume that this situation was dealt with. The message just didn't get back home. If that's not the case, and DP expects to have their US subsidiary co-operate with the boycott, which I seriously doubt, the deal will die and the only question left will be what other laws they got a pass on.
My advice, if your intent is to puff up the Dubai case, it would be better to emphacize the positives in the transaction, for example the fact that this could bring Dubai around to the position of, say their neighbor Qatar, which has abandoned the boycott. Attacking US law or the knowledge isn't the way to bring others around to your point of view.
Ok, here is why it must be done.
1. The train known as globalism has left the station and it aint comin back. Its the USA who promotes this opportunity for the whole world all the time nonsense and the UAE is just following our advice, so they want, and get the port deal fair and square.
2. This deal actually suits both sides, we have them much closer to us, we tie them to us more tightly as it were and of course, they being a bunch of goat loving savage chieftains know full well that without us, Osama would target and more than likely be assured of owning the UAE within a few years. We simply cannot always use military, and this angle would help preclude further military action. Based on this point, they have a low probability of antagonizing us.
sounds good to me. all they have to do is drop the boycott of israel. just tell them to think globally. think globally = think dhimmi.
Trust me, very few here care not one iota that Dubai is as nation that does not recognize the right of Israel to exist much less do business with Israel. Dubai is a "great nation and a great friend of America." You are islamophobic if you oppose this deal on any grounds. You are a racist if you oppose this deal on any grounds. Allah will punish us if we refuse to allow muslims run our ports.
Our port safety is now guaranteed by Bush and DHS if we allow muslims to run our ports. Plus muslims are much better at it than anyone else. So it might not be a bad idea afterall with this guarantee in place. :)
No threat here. Move along now.
I understand, and I've seen that posted on other threads. It means nothing, in the US, and with regard to business transactions with the US, they have little choice. The business dealings of most Arab countries are duplicitous in that regard. All their companies have to do is comply in the US. When they import Israeli merchandise to their own countries, they erase the country of origin, occasionally resulting in great outrage and funny stories.
Personally I'm undecided on this, though I'm sure it will go through.
This issue may continue to come up. I'll post a couple short links below. My advice, rather than criticize the source would be to stress the positives. The fact of the matter is most residents of the UAE don't much like us and hate Israel. And they're in the middle ground on the boycott. Suggest that one way of changing that is through trade. Hasn't worked with Egypt or Jordan, has to some extent with Qatar.
And if Dubai Ports isn't co-operating with the boycott in the US, it's irrelevant what their government does at home.
Your attitude reminds me of that Soveit-era Russian saying: You'll burn down your own barn if it would only burn your neighbor's barn too.
Dubai is not "taking over" the six ports. They will have have rights via lease of one terminal at each port.
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