Posted on 03/13/2006 11:22:42 AM PST by Cannoneer No. 4
Yeah, and it is bad business to finance the construction of Mosques world wide too.
I predict it won't.
Dubai only cares about making money. They will continue to trade with the US.
Yeah, and it is bad business to finance the construction of Mosques world wide too.
Why?
Maybe because it encourages Islam????
At a time when we should be appealling to 'moderate' muslims and giving them a reason to support us against the radicals, this sends the WRONG message.
Sorry, to those who want nativism and protectionism. That boat sailed off with Ross Perot in it. We need to learn how to function in this "global economy". There are no do-overs.
"Maybe because it encourages Islam????"
Which then can and does encourage/promote terror.
This is not rocket science, folks.
Business and trade is one thing. The WOT and our military presence in the UAE is quite another. Hopefully, this will not effect it.
What hippocrites, they are saying we shouldn't mix business and politics, this coming froma state owned business....hhhmmmm
You've been to Dubai?
Trying to seperate war from commerce. Doesn't work. Just horse-sense. ;)
"You've been to Dubai?"
LOL@ these "been there" posts.
I havent been to the North Pole, but I know it's cold there.
I agree with the UAE official. I think the President was right.
I think that Rep. King turned out to be a useful idiot for the Dems, who never did intellectually grasp the deal, but saw a way to hammer Bush from the right.
You want U.S. ports owned by Americans? Then pass a law and make it illegal for any foreign companies to lease terminals within our ports - which is what P&O was selling, btw, leases to operate terminals. The UAE was not going to "own American ports".
This was, IMO, a ridiculous tempest in a teapot. Democrats must be absolutely jubilant that they got away with spinning this deal in a way that both fractures the Republican party and weakens the President.
Feh.
Dubai only cares about making money. They will continue to trade with the US.
You think we are the only place they can get what they want?
Picture a situation -- say Boieng vs. Airbus -- where all the material elements are equal or equalize out(just for the sake of argument). If I was them, in the past I might have leaned towards the US. Now, if the $$ net the same, I would lean AWAY from the US.
This cowardice, uninformed bias, and stupidity on our part will cost us for a long time.
Your credibility is a mostly a figment of your imagination.
There is no requirement here on FR that you actually have any real knowledge before you pontificate.
Neither is there any requirement for anybody to take you seriously.
They will continue to dock our military ships as well. Without us, they are vulnerable to the wrath of the Islamofascists all around them.
"Maybe because it encourages Islam????"
Which then can and does encourage/promote terror.
This is not rocket science, folks.
No, it's not rocket science. Bigotry is the more accepted term.
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