I hope the anti port anti Bush Freepers are happy. The trade deal will be dead too in Dubai in a few weeks. That was years in the making and was a major part of the on going WOT. We have taken a black eye on this big time. But hey I forgot we are fighting a war on Islam not terror.
Well, what I can't figure out is what the HECK is with Dubai. Yeah, Congress is full or utter morons. So what else is new. It shouldn't come as a surprise. What on earth is Dubai thinking to get its collective shorts in a knot so publicly?
The problem is that Islam is fighting a war on us, and many people have trouble distinguishing between Muslims who actively mean us harm and people who live in that part of the world and probably simply want to get rich or invest their oil money in something juicy. I don't think the Dubai deal was particularly threatening, although they were also bidding (according to a post here on FR a few days ago) on a deal to provide logistical support for various of our military bases abroad, and I was less in favor of that.
In other words, I think many people feel that Muslims cannot be trusted; I think this is not necessarily the case, but since it is Islam that has attacked us and not vice versa, it is up to them to reassure us. The Congressional thing was a bit of stupid and offensive grandstanding, and I think if Dubai had just ridden it out, there would have been a work-around, and those congress critters would have looked like idiots. Now, in the minds of many people, Dubai is going to look as if it had something to hide after all.
Not yet but I will be when U.S. Navy ships are no longer moored to the piers there.
Welcome to the pit of vipers darlin',
You're gonna be one very weary mongoose :)
the hell with free trade (its not free and it damn sure isnt fair)
The President convinced the nation in the Iraq invasion and recently Pakistan that there is no difference. He did not say that there was an 'investor' exception.
Go spout your condescending nonsence elsewhere. If you want a dictatorship move to Cuba.
"But hey I forgot we are fighting a war on Islam not terror."
Same thing in my opinion...
And if that is true, so be it.
Your mistake is making a distinction between Islam and terror, a common error among those who misunderstand Islam.
I gate to burst your bubble, but the fight IS against Islam and they ARE the terrorists.
Among those who have the ability to think critically, that's instantly recognizable as a straw man argument, based on a false premise that anyone is against the port deal is therefore anti-Bush.
I'm not anti-Bush, but I fervently oppose the deal and applaud its apparent death.
I'm curious: You obviously think Bush was right on the port deal. Are there any major issues on which you consider Bush wrong?
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