Dubai threat to hit back (UAE Threatens Against Boeing and US Bases Support)

The Hill.com ^ | March 9, 2006 | Roxana Tiron

[mystery-ak]

Rush is talking about this now...

[Txsleuth]

Well....there is at least one thing very WRONG in that article..

The Senators are NOT willing to wait until the 45 day review is up....they are wanting to deal with this today..most of them.

Dorgan stood up on the Senate floor this morning and said that he doesn't need 45 days...he didn't need 45 MINUTES...to say NO WAY.

[Junior_G]

We never should have let it reach the point where their assistance and commerce was dependent on them operating our ports. Let them bleat, but keep our ports out of their hands.

[Petronski]

Nice going Republicans

John Boehner and his merry band of backstabbing weasels had better not feign surprise about this.

When you kick allies in the teeth, they're going to respond in kind.

[KJC1]

Yup. The people calling this "blackmail" aren't being fair either. Duh...if the situation was reversed we wouldn't be rushing to make deals with them in the future either.

[Red Badger]

Wonder what the Congressional delegation from Washington State is thinking right about now?..........

[stuartcr]

They also will be screwing our economy up, and making it look like it was Bush's fault. They have tons of money already.

[Jmouse007]

Oh so that is how it is? The truth comes out. Now that they can not get what they want they are going to try and BLACKMAIL the USA into bending over and grabbing our ankles and giving it to them anyway? Right, who will they run to when Alkadia decides it is time to take the UAE down?

True "friends" stick with/by you whether they get what they want or not. Sure this deal fell through and with good reason as far as I am concerned. But the good old USA has and is doing a ton for the UAE, but I guess that does not count if your ultimate goal is a subserviant dhimmi sp? USA. Ny tagline says all I need to know about Islam.

[Bubba M. Aurelius]

What a surprise as I posted a letter to the head of CBS news on this very subject and actually received a response that was more than a cursory acknowledgment. Turn about is fair play as Dubai (UAE) have options and we have cretins for elected leaders. Boeing and General Electric will certainly be thrilled with these prospects as they are among the top five exporting American corporations and we need not worry about our balance of trade. This should be met with great elation in Toulouse and chagrin in Everett, WA and Cincinnati. A pox upon all of their houses.

[kinghorse]

Good! Maybe it'll wake up all these Smoot Harley idiots.

[TomGuy]

I just have to wonder why he is so determined to see this through.

Family ties.

Old adage: Follow the money.

[OpusatFR]

"Retaliation from the emirate could come against lucrative deals with aircraft maker Boeing and by curtailing the docking of hundreds of American ships, including U.S. Navy ships, each year at its port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the source added."

And what....continue their happy uberwealthy way of life without protection?

What do they plan on doing? Giving AlQuada their loots as bribes.

Lots of noise here for a country on the edge.

[MikefromOhio]

nah we don't need any friggin allies in the region...

we are only holding Iraq together (not tenuously but still we are a major part of what's going on there).

We are only moving towards the bring of war with Iran.

We are only trying to fight AQ on their own territory.

We don't need no damned allies!! We can do it all on our own hook!!


/idiots, savage fans, Republicans who can't see strategically and Chuck Schumer who LOVES embarrassing the right wing

[mpackard]

I'm with you. This is an election year fiasco that will have reprecussions for decades.

[FreeReign]

So, UAE resorts to economic blackmail

This isn't balackmail. (I shouldn't even have to explain why it isn't)

[inkling]

Ah, the joys of protectionism! I along with many other Freepers predicted this would happen. Rep. Jerry Lewis and the bipartisan know-nothings really screwed over the War on Terror.

Instead of servicing Navy ships in the UAE, maybe they can have the work done in Guam. Hey, what's a month of travel downtime... it's not like we're fighting a war or anything. This ex-Navy guy is pissed at the port-blockers.

[kinghorse]

Our biggest trade deficit ever in January. You think the USA is bullet proof?

[Frank_Discussion]

"I just have to wonder why he is so determined to see this through."

Did you not read the d*mn article?! They are an ally! We are beginning to piss them off, and they rightfully are afraid of being betrayed. D*mn, they are trying to integrate with the ways of the West, and we essentially have a US Congress telling them to f*ck off! The prez knows the UAE isn't perfect, but they are (currently) on our side in the WOT.

This is EXACTLY why Hillary can not be president. She is willing to destroy anything in her way to get what she wants.

[ozoneliar]

Gas will rise

That is a good thing.

[kabar]

Maybe this will add a little reality to the hysterics that are going on over the port deal. I wonder how the reps from Washington will react to the news about Boeing. The other major Arab countries like Saudi Arabia can also cancel commerical and military air sales. There are consequences to demonizing the UAE and other friendly Arab states. They don't have to buy American products. We have stiff competition from Europe and China.