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Matter-eater Man said:
I pretty much agree with the posts from Klinton & Whomod that you've picked out Wonder Boy. I just haven't seen anything of substance that shows Saddam working with Bin Laden. We do know the UAE had some links to Osama via the 9/11 report. Care to comment on Bush's support of that organization owning ports Dave?



I actually thought the issue was explored well in an earlier RKMB Deep Thoughts topic:



And it might further surprise you that I agree 100% with your stated views there.

I initially didn't see any harm in United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) owning and running the U.S. port company. As WBAM said above, the U.S. government controls port security, not Dubai or whoever else might own and run the port.

But with further revelation of UAE's ties to terrorist funding, as well as circumstantial evidence of UAE direct meetings with Osama Bin Ladin, I would disagree with Bush and say that this sale of port business should definitely not be allowed to go into the control of UAE's Dubai company. UAE has forfeited the right to this sale, by their own actions. Not so much for security reasons, because I don't see much risk, but simply as a matter of principle, of not rewarding these people for being assholes to the United States in our attempts to contain Al Qaida terror.

Similarly, a Chinese government-owned oil company was negotiating the sale of a large U.S. oil company in recent months, and the sale was finally rejected for national security reasons. Because it was potentially de-stabilizing to the U.S. economy and oil supply, to have such a large percentage of U.S. oil manufacturing owned by a foreign nation. Particularly when China is that nation.