wxcrazytwo said:
Since we are outsourcing jobs and now giving up the security of out national ports whats next. Bush is a friggin idiot. This cannot come to pass our forefathers did not intend for foreign nations to run the security of our nation. We might as well sell out to the British and let them control us like back in the day.
The IGNORANCE of some people never ceases to amaze me!
Do me a favor, wxcrazytwo, before posting any more stupid remarks like this one, do some reaearch and listen to some REAL experts 1st - it will save you from looking like an idiot and save us all from having to endure such intelligence draining, mind-numbing dribble!
BUSH is not out-sourcing jobs OR our national security!
80% of ports in Los Angeles, California are now, and have been, under the control/'ownership' of foreign companies for quite some time now. Yet, there has been NO public outcry about it until now.
40% of U.S. ports are already, and have been for sme time now, under the control of foreign countries! Yet, there has been NO public outcry about it until now.
Foreign countries who currently 'own' the operations of U.S. Ports include the U.K., Singapore, and China!
On average,
65 such deals regarding the 'sale' of U.S. port operations occur EVERY YEAR in the U.S. - all without scrutiny or mass hysteria!
The selling of the port operations is like buying and selling stock. Big wigs at the top buy and sell the rights to make money - just like in stock sales, just because there is a new owner of the stock doesn't mean the product changes!
- The same guys working on the docks and running the show will CONTINUE to keep their jobs, and there will be almost NO visible difference in operations once (and IF) the UAE takes over! EVERY expert on dock operations who have been working with the business for years has verified this and can not understand why everyone is so up in arms about the UAE buying the company/contract from the UK.
Bush is not 'out-sourcing' jobs or our security! As I said, the AMERICANS who are working there now aren't going anywhere!
The U.S. Coast Guard, Border Patrol, and Customs will CONTINUE to provide the security, just as they have when the UK Company ran the company/contract - the UAE will have NO SAY or influence in the security!
Next Argument:
The UAE used to launder money for terrorists and may have been linked to Bin laden.
- The UAE is now one of our largest friends in the war on terror. They were the 1st to allow OUR Cutoms agents to check cargo containers PRIOR to shipment to the U.S. They allow us to fly aircraft out of their country in the war on terror. They allow our navy ships to dock in their ports, and they provide the security (part of it) for those bases and ships! If you want to say because they had some bad guys in their country that should disqualify them from this deal, then we have to disqualify ourselves based on Timmy McV, the American Taliban found in Afghanistan, the U.S. Muslim soldier who threw a grenade into his comanders' tent, etc. We have had bad guys, too!
We NEED friends in the Middle East, and to stop this deal would be to insult and offend a critical friend in the war on terror.
The security checks have been done, and no risk has been found in this deal.
BTW, if the deal to sell the UAE the company, the Britt's next option is to sell it to the Chinese, who already have been managing several of our ports. What about the Chinese buying missile technology from Clinton that has enabled them to finally reach our nation with their NUKES?! China is the #1 country engaged in espionage against this country! No one is screaming about them running a large number of our ports!
THIS is not a security risk/issue --
all the exerts have been saying this the last few days. THIS is a POLITICAL issue!
And the
MYTH that Bush, who is NOT brokering the deal for this and has nothing to gain on this deal (aside from the continued partnership and strong relationship with a friend in the war on terror), is OUT-SOURCING our national security is only spread by ridiculous posts like THIS one!
If anyone wanted to hit us, they wouldn't need to control one of our ports! A tanker with a newly created Iranian suitcase Nuke sails into New York ,
hasn't even reached the docks yet -
>BOOM< -
N.Y. is no longer 'the Big Apple' but rather the 'Big MUSHROOM' (cloud)!