Posted on 04/15/2011 4:07:55 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
That's likely because it's buggerer's paradise. I think it was the dressing publicly in a burka that was too much for the people to deal with.
But Rome, London, Prague, Paris, Vienna, Torun, Krakow, Wilno, Riga, Stockholm, Brugge, Antwerp, Venice and Oporta don’t have beach weather in early April.
That's likely because it's buggerer's paradise. I think it was the dressing publicly in a burka that was too much for the people to deal with. Again... read all the posts and check your facts. MJ stayed in Bahrain, not Dubai.
That was a visit to Dubai. The move never happened because of the bathroom/abaya incident.
He needed to be beaten for that IMHO.
This is true of many countries that western tourists like to go to, not just the predominantly muslim ones. Tourists don't stay long, do not know the language, and don't understand the locals. Tourists do not learn how seethingly anti-american and anti-west they are. They go home and tell everyone they had a great time in Dubai, or Thailand or wherever, and get cracking planning their next vacation to an anti-american wonderland. They are oblivious that they are handing over loads of cash to people who spit on them.
Well, yes, there's Iraq, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Somalia, etc.
I do see a lot of folks driving our Chevy and Ford cars and trucks and using many more of our products... especially tobacco.
I get it - folks that don't travel or work overseas in these countries won't get caught up in this.
If tourists can't spot this hatred, then I must be really in trouble as a resident. You don't have to go outside of these posts or other topics around FR to spot hatred and ignorance for foreigners, muslims, or police.
I have no hard data, but I'd bet most - if not all of our (50 not 57) states have had an ‘accidental’ death of a civilian at the hands of a law enforcement officer or officers.
Indeed, we are the bad guys.
In every large city, gay people find a way to find each other – but Dubai has become the clearing-house for the region's homosexuals, a place where they can live in relative safety. Saleh, a lean private in the Saudi Arabian army, has come here for the Coldplay concert, and tells me Dubai is "great" for gays: "In Saudi, it's hard to be straight when you're young. The women are shut away so everyone has gay sex. But they only want to have sex with boys – 15- to 21-year-olds. I'm 27, so I'm too old now. I need to find real gays, so this is the best place. All Arab gays want to live in Dubai."
hmmm... I'm not even gonna ask what incident that might be. LOL!
Keep in mind there are those who want us eternally both dependent and involved in the Middle East. Until those interests are removed from our government we are always going to be "dependent" upon Middle East oil. If we weren't dependent upon their oil, the Middle East would not be an important area of foreign policy.
Whatever those influences may be, they don't force an american or brit to lay out $5,000,000 to the islamic sheikdom of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for a villa in Dubai. It's a choice some people make. Some westerners don't mind if their american money ends up financing huge mosques in Holland, or terrorism in general.
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Some Americans have the wherewithal to fritter away $5M on a Dubai villa and I agree that is their choice.
Unfortunately we sheeple don't have much of a say when we are forced to pay taxes that are directed by our government to the Middle East and to companies such as Halliburton that move their HQ to Dubai. Note, I no longer use the term "US companies", because they are mostly international in their scope and priorities, not American. Unlike them, my priorities are American. When it comes to the USA they are looking only for the handouts/payouts on the receiving end, and do not operate in the service of the USA.
We're beginning to see the harm and conflicts that commercial globalism is going to create for national sovereignty.
Meant to ask who would ever wish to pay 1000 EU /night to visit this worthless POS country that has police that would do this to vacationers?
Lots of deluded people spend their money there. Here, check this out...
Three [emirati] Brothers Accused of Beating [Canadian] Couple.Also check out Sheik Issa. Seems like a great guy, no?
Before you think about traveling to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or any other place in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), you should review the information in this website.
It also seems to be a country where torture is a favorite leisure pastime of the ruling elites.
Wow, United Arab Emirates definitely sounds like a fair country to visit. I care less about Burj Al Arab – the only 7 star hotel in the world being in Dubai, I care less about man made islands in the shape of the palm tree that can be seen from the space. This fancy cover hides the real United Arab Emirates – a country where torture is readily practiced by the royals and victims get no justice. That’s what true United Arab Emirates is all about and I hope everyone reconsiders their travels before it’s your turn to get taken to the desert and have the testicules set on fire by a royal sheikh. United Arab Emirates Torture Tape – Extreme Brutality"I have more than two hours of video footage showing Sheikh Issa's involvement in the torture of more than 25 people," wrote Texas-based lawyer Anthony Buzbee in a letter obtained by the Observer.
The fresh revelations about Issa's actions will add further doubt to a pending nuclear energy deal between the UAE and the US. The deal, signed in the final days of George W Bush, is seen as vital for the UAE. It will see the US share nuclear energy expertise, fuel and technology in return for a promise to abide by non-proliferation agreements. But the deal needs to be recertified by the Obama administration and there is growing outrage in America over the tapes. Congressman James McGovern, a senior Democrat, has demanded that Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, investigate the matter and find out why US officials initially appeared to play down its significance. Torture-tape Gulf prince accused of 25 other attacks
True :) As I said, I’m more a mountain/history guy and don’t really like beaches! how about further afield, Goa?
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