So, How did the British React to the Port Deal?

[JCMach1]

The sound you hear is deafening silence...

So, why are Americans reacting the way they are?


By the way, the British government also had a chance to block the deal, because the Dubai company would be in charge of a couple of UK ports. It didn't... http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2006/02/inside-port-deal-thats-giving-bush.html

[Lars39]

1. Who's running the British ports?

[JCMach1]

2. DP of Dubai will... that part of the deal is DONE

[Lars39]

5. Last I'd heard, you had been asked to work for royal family of UAE.

Are you still working for them in some capacity?

[JCMach1]

6. I work in an advisory capacity, yes...

You have any questions for them?

[Lars39]

7. So you have an interest in promoting UAE.

[JCMach1]

11. No interest except to perhaps help get the record straight here...

My work does not involve specific policy in any way... Also, I have no connection to the Dubai royals who are putting up the money.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. I have a question for them

could they go fuck themselves please? Respectfully? My neighbor is a raving fundamentalist evangelical Christian loaded with cash, SHE wants to by some freakin' mosques, how do they feel about that?


Our ports should not be owned by ANY FOREIGN NATION.

[Greeby]

3. No idea

Besides, we don't just have ports and airports to worry about. But the Channel Tunnel as well

[JCMach1]

4. Precisely, narry a whimper

from anyone...

Why? A good part of the British tourist population has vacationed in Dubai and understand the place...

When I tell friends or relatives in the states where I live and work, the first thing from there mouths is "How can you work in Saudi Arabia?" :grr:

[Greeby]

8. Well, all of the terrorism against us has been internal

First, Northern Ireland (Which is part of the UK, hence the problem) and then 7/7.

Amazing given our history that noone in a foreign land has attacked us since the Nazis :shrug:

[mondo joe]

14. Since the Brits understand the place maybe they can explain the

anti gay repression going on there.

[CJCRANE]

9. The problem is Bushco

have a habit of using ME patsies to do their dirty work.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Not much reaction - the government OKed it

One question asked in Parliament, with the government saying the change of ownership made no difference:

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2006-01-30c.46214.h

and there was also a government body that checked the purchase was OK from a security point of view, and said it was - sorry, I can't remember the name of the body (and can't find it with Google because the US Congress objections clog up the answers!)

[High Plains]

13. I guess Brits just don't know how to have a nativist frenzy like us