Originally Posted By DlandDug Kinda surprised nobody posted this yet. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-030906ports_lat" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/na tionworld/nation/la-030906ports_lat</a>,0,1069629.story?coll=la-home-headlines EXCERPT: >>Dubai Company Gives Up Stake in U.S. Ports By Edwin Chen, Times Staff Writer 11:43 AM PST, March 9, 2006 WASHINGTON -- Amid unyielding congressional opposition, Dubai Ports World, a company partly owned and operated by the United Arab Emirates, today announced that it would divest itself of all operational roles in U.S. port facilities.<<
Originally Posted By DlandDug Hard to say what this means at this point, other than GOP Congressmen are probably breathing a sigh of relief. No full scale show down with the White House and Dems on Capitol Hill. Guess the UAE really are good friends. I am very curious just who will be taking over management of the ports. The only thing the announcement said was that it would be handled by a "United States entity."
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Anyone who thinks we are now safer as a result of all of this is on crack. Anyone who thinks we would have been in more danger if the deal would have gone through is also on crack. For 3 or 4 weeks now everyone has been worried about the port deal. Guess how many undesirables walked across our borders in those 3-4 weeks? Anyone?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I thought President Bush said there was nothing to worry about with Dubai running the ports. What gives?
Originally Posted By Beaumandy There was nothing to worry about with the Ports deal. All that happened in the end is we screwed over one of our few friends in the middle east, the UAE.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj I still say Halliburton has the inside track on getting this job. ;-) This is a very convenient tempest in a teapot if you are an elected official looking to funnel some money to a partisan contractor in the name of homeland defense.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <There was nothing to worry about with the Ports deal.> Really. If that's the case then why did the Bush Administration do such an about face on this matter?
Originally Posted By Beaumandy <<If that's the case then why did the Bush Administration do such an about face on this matter?>> What are you talking about Jim? Bush never changed his mind on the port deal and was ready to veto any bill against it. He was right as usual and all the kneww jerk critics are left standing there trying to explain why they were willing to punk one of our friends in the ME when there was no security issue whatsoever.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA So, it's good that Dubai runs the ports and it's good that Dubai isn't running the ports.
Originally Posted By DlandDug The Administration was not driving this deal. The UAE decided to scotch it. Ironically, they are more politically savvy than anybody in Washington. (Fun fact: Reid STILL wants the Senate to vote against a deal that is no longer on the table. But it's NOT politically motivated. No indeed.)
Originally Posted By gadzuux Nobody here who supports the UAE deal has offered any reason why they favor it - other than that bush wanted it. Is that really enough reason?
Originally Posted By Beaumandy I support the UAE deal because it was a good deal economically and it served as a way to strengthen our relationship with a mid east country than has helped us in the war on terror. Bush was right all along on this. Funny how the dems want us to have all these partners in the world like France and Germany, total losers who loved SAddam... but the UAE?? Nooo, we can't have them as a friend.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy You got that right. I have been pissed at my guys all week. I am at the final table of this huge on line poker tourney now. Going to be a good night.
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Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>You got that right. I have been pissed at my guys all week.<< And yet, because your radio tells you to, you keep presenting it only as Democrats were against this deal.
Originally Posted By ecdc "The Administration was not driving this deal. The UAE decided to scotch it. Ironically, they are more politically savvy than anybody in Washington." No, they were nice and quiet about it. Yeah right. That's why they insisted everything was okey dokey despite the fact that prominent Democrats and Republicans lined up against them. It's really unreal. Even when something like this becomes almost non-partisan in Congress, folks still throw themselves under the bus to defend Bush. Wacky. Bush truly is a uniter and not a divider: only he could get Harry Reid and Dennis Hastert on the same page.
