Reply #25: I don't want to belabor the issue, so here's a link to the argument

[Cronus Protagonist]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x533574

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) had direct links to al-Queda and bin-Laden. The 9/11 Commission told of a 1999 incident in which bin-Laden was in CIA sights and the attack was called off because he was with UAE Royal family members while hunting in Afghanistan. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of only three countries that recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government in Afghanistan while the Taliban shielded al-Queda as they planned the 9/11 attack. Two hijackers on 9/11 were UAE citizens, with one being the pilot who flew into one of the WTC towers. It should be noted that becoming a citizen in that country is nearly impossible if you are not born there of UAE parents. It's impossible for immigrants to become citizens there. 11 of the 19 hijackers' last stop before coming here was the UAE. Money for the 9/11 attack was laundered and funneled through the UAE. Afghanistan drug lords did and continue to launder heroin profits through the UAE. The UAE is committed to the destruction of our ally, Israel. Finally, it has been proved that Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan smuggled nuclear parts to North Korea, Iran and Libya through the Port of Dubai (UAE) which is under the watch, then and now, of Dubai Ports' World, the company owned by the UAE in the ports deal here.

(Here's the line that makes them cry)

I can make a better argument for attacking the United Arab Emirates than Bush can make for turning our ports over to them.

This poster made all the salient points. Read this and come back and tell me you want to go to bat for the UAE taking over our ports, or any part thereof. How any American citizen would want to carry water for the UAE is beyond me. Sure the thread starter made a blanket comment and reached a bit by extending the UAE's support of terrorists into the entire country being actual terrorists, but that's not a far stretch and it falls WAY short of bigotry. The Bush administration is not turning the ports over to the people of the UAE, who I'm sure have diverse opinions, but the government of the UAE which is clearly bigoted, racist and also harbors and supports terrorists including the ones that attacked the US.

Remember, this is not about a company, but a government that owns the company in question. If a government owns a company, that company is an arm of the government. It's really simple and I don't know why you can't see that.

Like the above poster, I can make a better argument for attacking the United Arab Emirates than Bush can make for turning our ports over to them. What's your incentive to do that? Why are you willing to turn our ports over to this country, or any other country for that matter?