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Originally posted by Rudey
As DeltAlum pointed out, this is for port management and not security. Additionally it is a UAE based firm that is partially owned by the UAE.
Many Republicans are against this and many Democrats are for it. It's not a party issue and it's sad that someone on this site interpreted it that way.
The UAE is a hub for money laundering but that means nothing. What does mean something is the fact that Osama hung out in the UAE as detailed in the 9/11 report. What also means something is the way that the rulers there have protected charities that are terrorist fronts. And finally, China, Russia, and France have armed terrorist nations like Iran and Iraq but we are still friendly towards them. There is no black and white in diplomacy, only grays; the UAE is our ally and less of a rogue nation than Iraq.
And President Bush knew nothing about this. This has nothing to do with him. But people are here to spew vitriol. A national security agency required the company to go through stringent checks and investigations before it provided clearance.
-Rudey
--I can't wait for someone to ignore all I've written and post something anti-Republican now.
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Rudey,
To me, it sounds like a lot of folks are trying to get elected in 2006...
So the pulse of the nation of major areas that up for re-election some folks are distancing themselves from the Bush administration--for whatever reason.
I find this whole thing slimy and everyone needs to be voted out of office--no matter what a person's party affiliation. Especially the woman from Maine.
As far as Hilary, you may want to keep her in check--right where you can see her... Such as "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer..."
And this UAE deal... Somebody over in the United States is making money off this deal. Whoever it is, I wanna know this person...
Finally, CITGO is a foreign government owned company by Venezuela... So apparently, the Untied States does do business with government owned companies. To me, IMO, it is an unfair advantage against the US corporations. We are not allowed to be owned by our government with full government backing--although that could be a matter of contention with Halliburton and all--but, I don't think any top US held global corporations are owned by our government--like Microsoft isn't, Cisco isn't, ADM isn't, Concoco-Phillips isn't, Coca Cola isn't...
And China is covering our deficit now...
So really, who is in charge of our ports?
It seems like the rug has been taken out from under us and it happened a long time ago.
And our responsible leaders at the time were asleep at the wheel.
Manifest checks and verification may not happen, but we shall see...