GOP Governors Question Port Turnover
The uneasiness is growing. Republicans and Democrats unite.
AP reports:
“Two Republican governors on Monday questioned a Bush administration decision allowing an Arab-owned company to operate six major U. S. ports, saying they may try to cancel lease arrangements at ports in their states.
New York Gov. George Pataki and Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich voiced doubts about the acquisition of a British company that has been running the U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World, a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
The British company, Peninsular and Oriental, runs major commercial operations at ports in Baltimore, Miami, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia.
“Ensuring the security of New York’s port operations is paramount and I am very concerned with the purchase of Peninsular & Oriental Steam by Dubai Ports World,” Pataki said in a news release.”
UPDATE: (2/21)
Michelle Malkin: “How The Port Sellout Was Financed”
(an interesting look at Islamic finance)
Newsmax reports:
Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., told NewsMax Monday that “the outrage is just evolving” across the nation and on Capitol Hill with news that a state-owned business headquartered in the United Arab Emirates will soon be operating in major port cities across the United States.
Bush: Arab Co. Port Deal Should Proceed (AP)
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February 21st, 2006 at 12:13 am
GOP governors question port plan
Two Republican governors on Monday questioned a Bush administration decision allowing an Arab-owned
February 21st, 2006 at 7:39 am
Jimmy Carter Is For The Port Sellout? That’s All I Need To Know
Jimmy Carter Continues To Labor Under The Delusion That He Was Ever Relevant.
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February 21st, 2006 at 8:00 am
Jimmy Carter Is For The Port Sellout? That’s All I Need To Know
February 21st, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Unbelievable!
So, let’s just be clear. After 9/11, Bush said “No one could have known they were going to fly planes into buildings.” After Katina, Bush said “No one knew the levees were going to break.” Now, this.
So that Bush can’t say “No one knew…” here goes: MR. PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT THESE ARABS ARE GOING TO ATTACK OUR PORTS. Now, everyone on this blog knows, so no one here can ever say “no one knew…”
Let’s see how long it takes. It’s just a matter of time.
February 21st, 2006 at 1:52 pm
As the old saying goes, politics makes for strange bedfellows.
It’s a sad state of affairs when anti-Bush folk are siding with us over this issue.
That said, call us cynical, but we’d wager that if Bush had come out of the gates saying, “Hell no we’re not gonna have a buncha Arabs run our ports,” the same people today (Schumer, et al) would be playing it the other way around — namely, accusing the President of being “racist” and saying “we need to stregthen our partnerships in the Middle East”, etc. etc.
Sometimes, you just can’t win. Regardless, we’re disappointed in W. He needs to rethink this VERY carefully.
If ANYTHING EVER comes onto our shores via the ports (for you fans of 24, you know what we’re talking about), his Administration will be forever to blame. Better safe than sorry.
February 21st, 2006 at 3:58 pm
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February 22nd, 2006 at 4:43 am
The Sum Of All Fears
Rescind Mr. President. Faith is a misplaced emotion in the long war on terror, and the assurance that U.S. ports will be secure when they are managed by a firm owned by a government in one of the most volatile parts of the world, is worthless.
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:45 am
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