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You know what, the more I learn about this the more I think it's a tempest in a teapot. It really is true -- the outrage against this deal comes not from knowledge, but really from prejudice.
On the other hand, Lou Dobbs broke a story yesterday about the Bush's ties to this deal. Apparently W's brother (Jeb?) is involved in selling stock related to this deal recently. I wish I caught Lou last night, but alas and alack the Demons and Ogres in Dire Maul needed sweeping. |
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One word is discrimination, not prejudice. I'm glad to discriminate agianst this deal and to an extent the people involved in making it, but not for issues of race, culture, or religion. The other word is concern, rather than outrage. Concern for my government's policy, how it is formed, and how it is influenced.
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And even if that were the case thats not the policy in force TODAY what possible reason could we use for stopping this deal when other companies based in foriegn countries are in fact doing the exact same thing as DP World will be doing? Of course if our intent is to totally destroy any credibilty we might have today in the Arab world then stopping the deal is indeed a good move...
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Take the term "foriegn companies" and add the words "STATE-OWNED" then yes I have a healthy dose of skepticism and a very high standard. Quote:
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Anyway this UAE is a state that recognized the Taliban, Balked at cuting off Al Queda money, was a brokerage point for illegal nuclear arms parts proliferation, and does not recognize the statehood of Isreal. I even read somewhere That we passed on a chance to hit Bin Ladin in the 90's because half of an Emirates royal family were his houseguests in Afganistan. I find being skeptikal about doing business with them to be the correct path to take at this point.
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Wanderon while you do raise some good points you also deflect and ignore the issue that it is a state owned and operated business, I do appreciate the enlightenment you've brought to the discussion, a bit more than the computer-chair google-bot quarterbacking the rest of us have been forced to do due to lack of first-hand knowledge, but it doesn't make me feel any better about a foreign arab government directly controlling several ports, while the piers and outlets may be small now it's a foot in the door, and could potentially mean that much more work for the already taxed port authorities to keep tabs on.
As for squandering US credibility in the ME, show a video of a US flag burning in ANY arab country (with the possible exception of some sections of Kuwait) and you'll get roaring applause and likely cries of Allahu Akbar. The only "credibility," which I'll substitute to goodwill which seems more appropriate in this case, that we have in the ME is with the dictators who want to keep us appeased so we don't turn our attention on what goes on in their countries (Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran in general, Saudi Arabia playing us against wahabbi islam in a desperate bid to keep the populace from recognizing the royal families own decadence and revolting against them, etc etc). With a foothold in Iraq now (which GWB seems unwilling to withdraw we don't need stagin points in the rest of the region as we can stage attacks from the Mediterranian, Persian Gulf, Afganistan or Iraq if need be. {/rambling rant} to sum it up, we have no credibility with Joe Schmoe arab, and we only risk offending those who consistently doubletalk "the great satan" who use us as an excuse to hold onto the reigns of power in their own little dictatorships.
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Essentially (at least in the US) most (but not necessarily all) government jobs are littered with bloat, unnecessary redundancy, and other forms of FWA (fraud waste and abuse), unfortunately due to unions and "nice" leaders trying to avoid putting people out of work, it continues (I don't think anyone in the VI department who didn't opt for retirement or hiring on with the contractors lost their government job).
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Essentially (at least in the US) most (but not necessarily all) government jobs are littered with bloat, unnecessary redundancy, and other forms of FWA (fraud waste and abuse), unfortunately due to unions and "nice" leaders trying to avoid putting people out of work, it continues (I don't think anyone in the VI department who didn't opt for retirement or hiring on with the contractors lost their government job). [/QUOTE]That may be because of differences between the two systems. It seems that in Canada, a Crown Corporation is sort of in that gray area between public and private - it competes on the open market, but assures Canadians of getting certain services the government wants to guarantee - this is assured by some level of funding in those particular areas only. As such, the employees of the company aren't really government employees at all, and are still driven by profit incentives. This avoids many of the problems you have pointed out above. |
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