Posted on 03/10/2006 9:18:02 AM PST by Dark Skies
But how will we ever replace that hundredth of a percent of economic activity? We're DOOMED, I tell ya, DOOMED!
LOL, I hope those politicians jobs were worth it.
These countries should be charged for any protection they request.
The Emirates Group airline will decide later this year whether it will buy Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner or its competitor, Airbus A350. The airline last fall placed an order worth $9.7 billion for 42 Boeing 777 aircraft, making Dubai Boeing’s largest 777 customer. Dubai in mid-February also established the Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a $15 billion investment to create a company that will lease planes, develop airports and make aircraft parts to tap into growing demand for air travel in the Middle East and Asia.
Reconsider this: we don't like you, we have old men in suits insult you. Notice the absence of hijackers, suicide bombers, IEDs, RPGs, mortars, rockets, missiles, car bombs, truck bombs, shoe bombs... Heck, we don't even throw any cartoon bombs.
Now for something completely different:
Why don't these countries use the money to invest in their OWN countries? They could launch spending programs to build better roads, housing, schools, infrastructure. They could give back the money to their people so they could buy TVs and stereos and new cars.
Why do they feel they have to send all the money to outside investments?
As they should, Congress only likes the ChiComs to run our ports and invest in our infrastructure.
How can this be?
Simple we just sent a message to the entire Arab world "Ragheads need not apply." I hope all the anti ports Know-Nothings are really happy and pleased with themselves. Yes they've saved America from having the UAE from managing some terminals.
tell me just how would you react if someone you thought was being your friend/ally told you to go F yourself?
Get ready for blowback
Yep a great day for America.
If they buy Airbust instead of Boeing they will do themselves far more damage than they do us. Either way, our national security should not be subservient to Boeing's business interests. Boeing will do just fine no matter what the UAE chooses to do.
I'd probably deny them, say, a ports deal, if they repeatedly told us to go F ourselves, as, by amazing coincidence, the UAE does every time it casts a vote in the UN.
The UAE doesnt have a ton of oil. They only recieve 10 percent of their revenues from oil. They have tied their economy to the health of Western business. Thats what we have been saying. Again the ignorance of the UAE and ignoring advice from people that live there, the military, and American business interest have led us to make a mistake. I am not sure why people refused to listen to the most knowledgeable sources. I think I know the answer but I dont wish to contemplate it that much.
However, now is time to repair the damage. I would suggest that the first thing to do is not treat this as a some sort of how the Romans used to treat ancient Egypt. They are a soverign Govt and friend.
Haha You're right, the sky is falling....we're doooooooomed!!!!
Thats the whole point, this had nothing to do with national security.
I finally saw the great study that everyone was referencing when talking about these UN votes a couple of days ago. It was based on 12 votes that this organization had picked. Guess what our European allies voted with us according to that only 8 percent of the time. It put that whole issue in a different light after I saw it.
Americans have historically treated these tinhorns like the crap they are.
Now we have people running around saying, "Oh the emirs are going to be soooo angry about this!"
Now is that Xenophobia, Racism or what?
Again the ignorance of the UAE and ignoring advice from people that live there, the military, and American business interest have led us to make a mistake.
I am not sure why people refused to listen to the most knowledgeable sources. I think I know the answer but I dont wish to contemplate it that much.
You answered your own question. Don't confuse me with the facts, I might have to admit I'm wrong and we can't have that.
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