Kandahar said:Yes, for the following reasons:
1. Dubai will have no control over the port security. They're just taking over the commercial aspects.
2. Dubai is not a generic Arab country replete with terrorists. It's an oasis of modernity in a desert of...well...desert.
3. The ports are already managed by a British company...a country known to harbor Islamic terrorists.
SixStringHero said:According to the articles, Bush wasn't aware of this until after the green light was given
Synch said:1. The Bush administration already approved of the deal.
2. Bush didn't know about it until after his administration approved it. :doh
3. Bush is going to veto a bill that vetoes the deal
4. There's no good reason other than racist bigotry that we should not seal this agreement.
The Real McCoy said:What are we supposed to say to them? "Sorry, we're all for free trade and everything, just not with you" What a great way to build alliances in a region where we lack many.
The U.A.E. is probably the most westernized country in the Arab world. Talk to almost anyone in the Navy who knows and ask them where the safest port is in the Persian Gulf. They'll tell you Dubai.
Who cares if 2 of the 9/11 hijackers came from there? Timothy McVeigh came straight out of America.
I say let them have the ports and allow their economic interests to grow here in America.
The Real McCoy said:What are we supposed to say to them? "Sorry, we're all for free trade and everything, just not with you" What a great way to build alliances in a region where we lack many.
Talloulou said, “If congress is going to question whether or not it is okay for microsoft, google, and yahoo to censor their products for China due to the fact that China is not a democracy which supports civil rights then clearly congress should have say in whether or not we allow Dubai to "run" our ports. While everyone loves to state how westernized Dubai is that is simply not true. Being "more" tolerant than other Arab nations is a far cry from being "westernized."
Saboteur said, “If a biological or chemical weapon comes through one of those ports I'll come looking for you.”
Saboteur said:Are you still going into the Navy?
talloulou said:Why? They don't have problems restricting us.
"Investment laws and regulations are evolving in the UAE and are expected to become more conducive to foreign investment. At present, the regulatory and legal framework favors local over foreign investors. There is no national treatment for investors in the UAE, and foreign ownership of land and stocks is restricted."
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/ifd/2005/42194.htm
The Real McCoy said:Yea... why?
The Real McCoy said:Yea... why?
Captain America said:WASHINGTON - President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday. <snip>
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11494815/
:doh
You'd think they would have consulted him about it, no?
Saboteur said:Despite my love of being called "stupid and biased" I've decided to repost my original question. It's new and improved!:2razz:
Currently, President Bush and his administration have approved the sale and control of 6 U.S. ports to Arab owned Dubai Port World. Congress, including many house republicans, are concerned that doing so would be a threat to national security as our shipping ports are already our weakest link in the chain of defence. They are currently working to block the sale of the port but President Bush says he will veto anything that comes to him that is against the approval of selling the ports to the Arab Co..
I for one don't think that this is a very good idea. We might as well invite Osama and freinds over to visit one of our water resivoirs and let Iran have nuclear weapons. I say this because I know that Saudi Arabia has, as recently as 2004, harbored terrorists and their government has, in the past, granted them amnisty and that Arabs are known to be the biggest financial supporters of terrorism.
Mods may delete previous poll at their leisure.
Inuyasha said:1. What exactly are the duties and the job of DP going to be?
Inuyasha said:2. Will the employees be American citizens? Even at the executive level?
Inuyasha said:3. Why are there not American companies seeking this contract?
Inuyasha said:4. What are the benefits for the US in this?
Inuyasha said:5. Is this situation commonplace throughout the world? Do we also control ports in other countries in this manner?
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