Posted on 03/09/2006 9:02:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze
Yes you can. But I, as the seller, have the right to decide whose money I want.
This is about the right to say 'no'. If we can't say no to this, when it's 'no big deal'- without international blackmail-what CAN we say no to? Can we ever refuse to sell more important things?
I'm just sick and tired of being afraid of world opinion and the threats of every sandpile 'kingdom' out there. Could these desert countries feed themselves?
At least you are honest about your racism.
The will of the people was to elect George Bush to be Commander in Chief, Chief Executive officer. In a democratic republic representatives are elected to execute the duties of their respective offices. Sometimes the people need to accept that their will has been done. On election day. That's a democratic republic.
We are trying to rewrite the Islamic world and foster changes that will benefit us.
Your bigoted response and the reaction to this port terminal deal will take the tools we need to accomplish our task away from the table.
This is the dumbest thing we have done in a long time.
The Chinese "control" if that's how you choose to phrase it...many many more than the Americans do.
Schumer and Clinton totally won this battle with the willing and complicit weakass Republicans.
I think something will change. The next time Iran or North Korea comes up $1 Mil or two short on the price of a new nuclear reactor, there will be oodles of investment capital in the UAE just waiting to jump into the partnership. That much will definitely be a change as a result of this entire fiasco.
Who has more to lose - the US or countries in the ME?
What a dishonest comment.
And what "race" would that be?
It's nuts, isn't it? But the people who want to just bomb and kill Arabs are delighted.
I've been trying to point out, that illegal immigration is the story behind this port story. The outrage is grass roots and it is because Bush does nothing about the borders. The UAE is just caught in the cross fire between the globalist elites and grass roots conservatives, the Rats are just piling on because it's fun and easy.
Is THAT what democracy is all about? Or supposed to be?
As I see it, what has happened in the Congress is not about democracy. It's about emotional reactions, and not based on the facts of the situation.
Yeah, I'm sure Iran's desire to destroy Israel was based on whether or not we made this port deal. I don't know if you've heard, but we have this gigantic base in Baghdad and nuclear subs that don't have to be parked in Dubai to hit Tehran.
Amen.
And why are so many people HAPPY about it?
Yeah right. Where is the UAE gonna go to sell their oil? Botswana?
Where is the UAE gonna get protection and weaponry against Iran and Syria? China?
Fine. They will be the losers, and they know it.
All for a lousy $8 billion clams.
It is the USA which has the upper hand in this world, both financially, morally and in 57 other ways.
So now instead of being our "ally", the UAE will pay for Iran and North Korea to finish their nuclear weapons? Is that what you are saying?
In this case it was subservient to the pandering interests of self-serving pols.
OK, here we go jumping the gun without the information.
I will say this is preliminary, I'll get a hold of the facts before making final judgment.
But it seems clear that this "deal" was brokered, possibly by John Warner (I know he was working on this), BEFORE the house action.
If I understand correctly, it is simply that DP World will sell off the U.S. subsidiaries that own the leases to the terminals. They were a small part of the total deal, and DP World is making a business decision so they can move on. Business doesn't usually fight governments, there isn't money in it.
They will make a little money by selling the companies, and the terminals will probably suffer while the new owner comes up to speed, and nothing will change at the terminals for security (we will lose all the security gains we would have gotten when DP World ran the ports).
And we have left a bitter taste in the mouth of one of our allies, for NO REASON. We could have just asked for the extra 45 days, and worked this deal behind the scenes, and ended up at the same place.
This is just like Harriet Miers. She was never going to make it, because she wasn't qualified. But because the opponents ran off like headless chickens, we got a black eye over the issue and we hurt people needlessly.
Just the same, we could have pushed the ports deal behind the scenes, but people wanted to make public attacks instead, and now we've done REAL HARM to the war on terror.
And the opponents will run around talking about how they SAVED us again.
I'm delighted.
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