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Make no mistake about it, the controversy over the UAE controlling key American ports is far from over. The Bush administration and some key members of Congress, such as Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., are conducting a public relations campaign to keep the door open to Dubai ownership.
The latest word in support of the deal came from Homeland Security dunce Michael Chertoff.
"We could (have) actually built in some additional assurances, which would have given us more security in the wake of the deal than we had before the deal," Chertoff said. "The oddity of this, the irony of this, is that had the deal gone forward, we would have had greater ability to impose a security regime worldwide on the company than we have now."
It is time for the Bush Administration to stop beating this dead Arabian horse. The American people don't want this deal.
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posted by Anonymous, at
3/24/2006 10:49 AM
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posted by Anonymous, at
3/24/2006 10:59 AM
And exactly what makes you think gay people in the UAE are treated any better than gay people in Iran? Both places are controlled by religious conservatives.
posted by Anonymous, at
3/24/2006 11:03 AM
Hmmm...Dubai is building the world's first luxury underwater hotel, one of its key "spaceports", and already has the world's first indoor snow skiing area.
With all this progress (did you hear about Asian construction workers revolting at the Burj Dubai tower, which triggered a "sympathy strike" at the region's international airport?) you don't think there's going to be a thriving GLBT community there in the metro UAE someday?
posted by Anonymous, at
3/24/2006 11:11 AM
The Burj Dubai web site says the UAE are becoming the hub for a region which encompasses a billion people.
The UAE sits at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. Control of the maritime shipping lanes is KEY to any military action. If we have to take action against Iran (and Mr. Besen has been chronicling some bothersome things they've been doing) the UAE is a very good ally to have, and right now we (the U.S.) have six or seven extremely important military installations in the Emirates...
posted by Anonymous, at
3/24/2006 11:16 AM
I still dont know why we cant/dont secure our own ports; whether it's the UAE or even Canada. Isnt that the governments job?
posted by Anonymous, at
3/24/2006 2:29 PM
The UAE company was never trying to buy U.S. ports...merely terminals.
