Port security: Strickly business or a bribe?

[ProSense]

Or an insult to our intelligence?

The Deal

by digby

From what I just heard from Senator Warner on CNN, it's about maintaining access to the ports, as I guessed earlier. (Airfields too.) Ed Henry just said the UAE hosts more of the US Navy in the gulf than any other country. If we diss them and refuse to scratch their backs, they'll get upset and pull back permission to dock our ships in their country. It's nothing personal. It's strictly business.


http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_02_19_digbysblog_archive.html#114064676020895969

What the hell kind of foreign policy are these idiots running?

[Erika]

1. So W has put us in a position of being blackmailed by the ME?

Since when do we utilize a country that practices Sharia law and treats women as objects.

[jean]

2. I'm touchy because the company is owned by the gov't - probably

would still be touchy if it was a privately-owned business based in the UAE.

Warner is trying to turn this around and say it's a necessary deal in order to preserve our security throughout the world.

But the dirty little secret, as David Sirota explained on Countdown, is that it's all about business and corporate profits. Security be damned.

[mom cat]

3. Oh my. What if we couldn't use their airfields to invade Iran?

How can we conquer the oil fields without their help? :sarcasm:

[ProSense]

4. Best company: yeah right! n/t