Oh, they just might be able to find some other country that could take our place...
Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
There are no friends, only interests.
No, it is just a rational reaction to the politicians who are demonizing their country. They don't need our business.
John Boehner is driving the bus. All aboard!
and you need to brush up on economics. when others are not welcome to spend money earned from us our money will soon be worthless.
Clueless. It is the president who has tried to make Americans appear just a tad more open minded than most people actually are.
We need them as much as they need us. Maybe more!!!!
Well at least I had the sense to see this coming, which apparently was not the case for most of Congress. I hope the reps of all of the businesses that are going to be hurt by this political posturing are burning up the ears of these irresponsible cretins.
guaranteed, but you know, isolationists are NEVER the bad guys....
I mean, after all, Dubai SHOULD bow to us right? /sarcasm
Ya got me...what's a 'Smoot Harley idiot'?
y need us way more than we need them. If they don't have our proection, the radicals could easily end their way of life over there.
It works both ways. I don't see why we have to be blackmailed into letting them run our ports. If we leave them, they will hurt far more than us.
The presence of our Navy in their ports gives them security and stability, in a very dangerous region, that allows them to make billions with their tourism and banking industries.
They should pay us to dock there.
"True "friends" stick with/by you whether they get what they want or not."
No sh*t. That goes both ways, and we're the ones starting the nastiness.
A year or so ago, they placed a GIANT order for Boeing 787s and 777s as well as several Airbus A380s. If we tell them "up yours" to the US portion of the port deal (a tiny portion of the whole deal), seems to me they'd be within their rights to exercise whatever options they have re: flipping plane orders.
They also are the host country to the largest Navy base outside the US, and that port is operated by, yup, DPW. What if they kicked the Fifth Fleet out over this? Wouldn’t blame them either as our actions smack of protectionism, even bigotry. We're closing a base in Spain and moving most of the assets to Italy. Gosh, I wonder why .
Like it or not, the UAE is going to be a major player in aviation (like they already are in port services). They're starting a company, Dubai Aerospace Enterprises, with $15 BILLION in seed money to buy up and/or establish airport operators, MRO facilities, component manufacturing and aircraft leasing. They expect to have 30,000 employees by 2015, and plan to ultimately have an aircraft final completion facility in Dubai. The Asian aircraft market is HUGE and DAE plans to be a major player in the supply chain.
They will be the third largest leasor (sp?) of commercial airliners (following GE Capital). There’s another $15 billion to come in behind that. DAE Capital (the leasing subsidiary) is looking to buy ~50 widebody jets this year. Anyone here think booting them from the port deal WON’T affect their choice as to which manufacturer to buy from?
The people who recoil at the idea of DPW scheduling what forklift goes where at some terminal are going to have a cow over DAE leasing, building parts for and overhauling widebody jetliners.
Oh, they just might be able to find some other country that could take our place...
Republicans have been doing a great job of embarrassing themselves.
Of course not! On January 20, 2001, the presidential veto pen was quietly carted out of the White House and now rests somewhere in the same government warehouse that contains the Ark of the Covenant. :)
-Dan
I say we Giulani them and say keep your money...
Absolutely. Threatening to blackmail the U.S. should be a no deal starter. How about they let the US to take control of their ports for our military ships?
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