It's funny, but I would have been furious if you had told me that the Bush Regime was merely
considering turning over
six major American ports to an Arab country with ties to the 9-11 attacks:
The Bush administration gave control of six crucial ports to a Sept. 11-linked Arab nation after a flimsy investigation and with weak guarantees the company in charge can stop Osama bin Laden from infiltrating, the House homeland security chairman said.
"There are conditions, which shows they had concerns, but it's all procedural and relies entirely on good faith," Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., told the New York Daily News. "There's nothing those conditions ... nothing that assures us they're not hiring someone with bin Laden."
The firm, Dubai Ports World, owned by the United Arab Emirate of Dubai, cut a $6.8 billion deal last week to buy control of the ports - including Manhattan's cruise ship terminal and Newark, N.J.'s, giant container port - from a British firm.
Fortunately, there is (of course) bipartisan opposition to this in Congress -- and GOP governors in two of the affected states are also reportedly up in arms -- but Jesus Mary and Joseph, what were these people thinking?
Fortunately, there is (of course) bipartisan opposition to this in Congress -- and GOP governors in two of the affected states are also reportedly up in arms -- but Jesus Mary and Joseph, what were these people thinking?
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