Posted on 06/30/2008 9:03:03 AM PDT by seanmerc
Why is the president of the United States entertaining Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheik Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at Camp David when his own State Department has singled out the Sheik’s homeland, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), for its continuing violations of human rights?
Abu Dhabi is one of seven oil-rich — and anti-Israel states — in the U.A.E. Using its massive sovereign wealth fund of over $875 billion, Abu Dhabi has been gobbling up American assets, buying considerable stakes in U.S. businesses like Citigroup, the Carlyle Group, Advanced Micro Devices, and Toll Brother and is now bidding on the Chrysler Building.
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So why is the crown prince at Camp David? Maybe they’re talking about the obscene price of oil. Or, if history is any guide, one outcome of the visit might be a big donation to the George W. Bush Presidential Library.
If Bush follows Clinton’s example — and his own father’s — he’ll be spending a lot of time at Camp David with prospective rich donors in the next six months.
One thing that is likely missing from the agenda is a discussion of human rights.
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I don't see anything he said that was incorrect in this article.
I’ll start with the fact that he could make a straight-faced moral comparison of the Clinton Administration with the Bush Administration.
Is this what you're talking about?
"If Bush follows Clinton’s example — and his own father’s — he’ll be spending a lot of time at Camp David with prospective rich donors in the next six months."
This is a simple statement of fact and more than likely accurate. No "moral comparison". If you don't think President Bush is spending a lot of time on his "legacy", your botism has blinded you.
Still funny after all these years.
Oh wait, I’m thinking of Dick GREGORY.
Dick is a little over the top but his bottom line is correct. Everyone on the planet has to find an oil fascist butt to kiss right now. The pebbies like the butts to the south and the Dems like the ones to the north (they are Persians after all).
Nothing really flawed in the assertions he’s making. UAE nationals were involved in 9/11, and I doubt there’s anything more going on at the meeting than the Bush family cementing ties with which to line their pockets after Dubya leaves office (a-la the Klintoon/Red China connection).
What are the human rights at stake and why are they suddenly an issue now 6 months before the end of a 2 term presidency?
The Saudis permit no freedom of religion, a founding principle of this nation. The world makes much of the number of muslims IN it but neglects to mention that millions of that billion have NO freedom of choice when it comes to religion.
Practice of other faiths of prohibited. Conversion to another faith is punishable by death. Missionary work is punishable by death. There is discrimination in the law between muslim and kufir. Kufir are prohibited from entering the segregated cities of Mecca and Medina under punishment of death.
So why the focus on UAE? The muslim WORLD violates human rights daily and there is no outcry from the supposed moderate muslim community.
You guys are way too cynical. I may not agree with everything President Bush has done, but he’s a better person than you’re making him out to be. Nobody has any reason to question his integrity. Everybody in a similar position would think about their legacy. That doesn’t mean he is for sale to the highest bidder, like the Clintons were. Shame on you.
If he was around in 1941, lil dick would have bet on Japan in WW II.
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