UAE Port Deal

im really not going to get started with this but i agree with you 100%

Yeah

The fact that he said he would veto it is kind of fishy. Everyone knows the Bush family has ties to the middle east.

on the other hand, Dubai Ports World definitely know how to run shipping ports. They already run ports in New York as well as at least five other states. Its a very weird situation.

^^ serious about not getting me started..i have no idea what our govt's doing anymore man..its all screwed up! and im not repub or a dem. i just want somebody to they screwed up, man up and fix it!!

our boarders are the number one problem !!

well the US faces a difficult decision: do what will make more money, or do what is fundamentally "right"
i'll give you a hint:





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oh & dubai isnt a very good place - dont stay there for more than 2 or 3 days

Few minor details here.
1. The company in question will not be in charge of security at the ports (which still falls under the jurisdiction of the department of homeland security) they will be managing the general port operations.
2. The UAE aquired the british firm that currently manages the ports in a fair deal, not a hostile takeover in an attempt to gain control.
3. With the amount of cargo flowing through the port in question, there are few companies in the world with the capabilities to efficiently manage them. There were few interested in aquiring the contract.

The US preaches the word of fair trade and reform for arab nations, yet displays extreme bigotry in this situation. This is not some small deal, there are years of planning that goes into the management of these things. Operations will not change from the way the ports are currently run, in fact they have the oportunity to improve as Dubai ports run some of the most adavanced port in the world. This deal has been approved by members of all the top US government departments and has been thuroughly investigated.

I for one feel this deal shoul dbe allowed to go through

*one of many sources
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/port.security/index.html

It isn't about bigotry or racism. Several of the September 11th hijackers not only had UAE passports, they were paid by the government of the UAE to support them when they were "studying" in Germany.

So, imagine that you are a citizen of a country that was attacked by people who were supported by people who were supported by another country. The president of your country goes to the location of the attack with a big megaphone and gives a "never agian" speach. So 5 years later your country is at war over terrorism and wmd's and has hundreds of thousands of troups over in the middle east fighting a war on terror and then the white house administration which is supposedly so hard lined on terrorism goes out and allows a company THAT IS ALL BUT OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF A NATION THAT SUPPORTED THE SEPTEMBER 11th hijackers to run 6 US ports. That is a really fucked up double standard of hypocracy. I'm not saying that we should or shouldn't be at war right now, but don't send our country to war and then turn around and allow some nation alligned with the reason that your country went to war in the first place (I'm talking about Afghanistan here)to run 6 of the biggest ports in your nation.

It doesn't concern me that there has been a lot of time put into the deal. It shouldn't have even started.

Oh, and again, the company that is going to run these ports is controlled by the UAE government. It isn't an independant corporation.

Keep in mind Kevo...this a company BASED in the UAE, not the UAE government itself. Security is a non-issue and I highly doubt that is the real reason it is being debated in Washington. Also very few Middle Eastern companies are government owned, the UAE is not a centrally planned economy.

Lets make another example of your terrorist theory. Fly Emirates is one of the largest commercial airlines in the world. They are based in Dubai (UAE). They have an enormous presence in Europe, even going so far as to sponsor local professional sports teams. If the UAE has that malicious control of bushiness based in their country...they why has this airliner not been used as a device? Particularly after the recent fiascos in France and Denmark.

Just some food for thought.

2 of the hijackers had UAE passports. There are terrorists with canadian and US passorts too. They werent funded by the government. Majority of big business in the arab nations (particularly dubai) are government subsidiarys. The economys work alot different there. The UAE have actually been great allies in the war on terrorism.

No, they were funded by the UAE governmnet- the UAE military in particular, as described in the 9/11 Report.

god damn it sanjay.
for the record, getting a UAE company to organise the ports is a pretty smart move - they kow what theyre doing over there.
bush is just retarded for being racist and thinking along the lines of "arabs=bad"
go the republican party, but not george

what the fuck? Do you even know what you are talking about? Have you watched the news? Read anything about it? Good god...

I am not to up on the situation like you guys, but apparently, and i could be wrong on this, if bush vetoes this bill he could be impeached. I think it may be a rumor, but just more info on the situation

hahahhahahahahah no.

Seriously, GOOD GOD!