Dubai P&O Deal unlikely

• Salman

  22 Feb 06, 11:10

  its makes perfect economic sense to me.
  I don't think these Arabs will buy the port to blow it up, it just doesn't make sense.
  
  but politically, the deal becomes likely given that both Republicans and Democrats are against it.
  
  Will Singapore get the deal then? Don't count on it buddy.
• maggot

  22 Feb 06, 11:27

  Originally posted by Salman:

  its makes perfect economic sense to me.
  I don't think these Arabs will buy the port to blow it up, it just doesn't make sense.
  
  but politically, the deal becomes likely given that both Republicans and Democrats are against it.
  
  Will Singapore get the deal then? Don't count on it buddy.

  Many fear it will allow terrorists to deliver a nuke to their country
  
  Now got a big commotion in US against it
• Salman

  22 Feb 06, 11:48

  I know its stupid but thats why its unlikely to go thru. At least thats what i think.
  
  Come to think of it, a ship does not have to berth in order to attack America. They can simply sail a ship near the city and detonate, it'll be just as bad.
• Salman

  24 Feb 06, 21:06

  The latest is that Bush have backed off on the Dubai deal.
  He is succuming to pressures from all directions. Its too much for him to bear.
  
  I said it and I'll say it again, it make economic sense but dead politically.
• oxford mushroom

  25 Feb 06, 07:16

  Horse trade with the US...scrap the Dubai deal and support PSA instead. In return we will support them when they bomb Iran?
• Yi Peng

  28 Feb 06, 22:27

  View of UAE citizens.
  
  By Zogby International
  FrontPageMagazine.com | February 28, 2006
  
  Here are a few key findings on the UAE from a 2004 poll conducted by Zogby
  
  International:
  
  -- 73% of UAE citizens had a negative view of the United States; only 14% had a favorable view.
  
  -- Only 5% of UAE citizens felt that "democracy" was an "extremely important" reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction was cited by 16%. "Oil" and "domination of the Muslim world" were the main reasons offered by UAE citizens for our invasion of Iraq.
  
  -- 81% of UAE citizens felt Iraq was worse off after the war. Only 4% said it was better off without Saddam.
  
  -- Asked to identify their "most admired" world leaders, 18% of UAE citizens chose Osama bin Laden. "No one" finished first with 22%.
  
  -- When asked how they viewed themselves, only 19% said they identified first and foremost as citizens of the United Arab Emirates, while 66% said they saw themselves as "Muslims" first.
  
  We should not be so quick to deceive ourselves about the nature of this "friendship." The United Arab Emirates is not Great Britain. Its citizens share neither our values nor our interests. Yes, the rulers of the UAE have been cooperating with us, but they are sitting on a powder keg of radical Islamic fundamentalism, making it much more likely that Dubai Ports World, and thus the U.S., will be susceptible to infiltration.
• protonhybrid

  1 Mar 06, 07:18

  many an american is ignorant, ignorance shows itself here.
  
  there's basically no difference between singapore or dubai.