Comments on: McCain: Port Sale Overblown Since UAE is ‘Freer Than China’

By: clair

clair — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:57:36 +0000

check out this website uaeprison.com ???? could you trust a country like this?????

By: Bushnell

Bushnell — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:14:02 +0000

McCain’s a Dick

By: Bush Whacked

Bush Whacked — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:34:01 +0000

I think when McCain was a POW they shoved G.W. Bush up his ass and made him a hand puppet. I thought this guy was an Independent! I guess he’s just in it for the fame and the glory and will migrate toward either side in order to have more support. He must be the most insecure person in the world this side of Dick Cheney. Maybe Cheney hooked him up with the Devil and got him a great deal on his soul, even better than Cheney’s deal.

By: buckfush chuckfeney

buckfush chuckfeney — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:15:28 +0000

The fact that al queda warned the government of the UAE that it had infiltrated the government should be enough to put the brakes on this deal. The American people don’t know this, or they would be up in arms over this deal! It doesn’t matter if it isn’t proven. The possibility of it being true is enough. The MSM is purposely keeping the public uninformed. The MSM media is gearing up to propagandise the public into accepting this deal. They’re going to poo-hoo the critics and push hard the “critics are racist” line, keep the American public in the dark about the very worrisome facts regarding the UAE’s ties to terrorism. They’re going to do a sell job for their Bush administration paymasters.

The so-called investigation that they’re discussing will be nothing more than a do-nothing time delay at the end of which, YOU CAN COUNT ON IT, the “professionals” will state the deal is safe and “nothing to worry about here, folks. Move along…” They’re just going to stall and give the row time to die down, time for the public’s ten second attention span to move on to other things.

They have no right to run around for five years screaming, “THE ARABS ARE COMING, THE ARABS ARE COMING!!!”, churning up public paranoia against middle easterners (and any Bush apologist who says they didn’t is a damned liar), and then expect the public to accept turning over our ports to any middle-eastern country with ties to terrorism. They have no right to knowingly put us at risk for any reason.

By: Romelee

Romelee — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:40:43 +0000

McCain better watch out he had the kiss already Ihaven`t heard heck of ajob McCain yet.They will use him then take the ex mayor for the candidate . McCain sure seemed to changed looks like he had his Democrate buddies fooled also. Ihave been watching how he acts.The Sentator that said not no but hell no sums it up just right no sale.

By: republican canard

republican canard — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:41:21 +0000

Hey, just be glad you live in a country that is less oppressive than Saudi Arabia!

…for now…

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:29:59 +0000

I’m confused. I thought that China was part of the Evil Empire that St Ronnie said we should have no dealings with. Now they are our trading partners, lopsided ones to be sure.
I have lost respect for McCain since he allowed the Swift Boaters for Lies to distort Kerry’s record even though he was a victim of similar distortions in 2000. Is he a man of principle? Probably not.

By: Fatty bin Laden

Fatty bin Laden — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:20:18 +0000

Courtesty of “Wizard of Whimsy”.

By: Monkey Nut Wrench

Monkey Nut Wrench — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:38:23 +0000

I got a brilliant idea why does The American banks not offer a better offer to P&O

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By: Stop John McCain 2008 » Blog Archive » McCain Wants to Sell Ports to Dubai

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:56:10 +0000

[...] In one of the most inane statements ever heard on the Sunday Morning talk circuit, Senator John McCain outlined his stance on the Dubai port deal: I think our priorities are misplaced… Weâ€™ve got some very, very big issues that I think are perhaps more important than whether a country thatâ€™s freer than China should have control of some of our terminals. [...]

By: fran kaye

fran kaye — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:32:11 +0000

John McCain is a two timer fool. I use to have respect for him (from AZ) but now after seeing how many times he flip flopped back and forth, I have just about the same amount of respect as I have for this administration – NONE. IMPEACH JOHN MCCAIN BEFORE HE GETS INTO OFFICE (lol)

By: mr ho

mr ho — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:25:56 +0000

for the info heads =)

By: mr ho

mr ho — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:24:49 +0000

# 1942: The United Kingdom promotes the idea of an Arab League in an attempt to win over Arabs as allies in war against Germany.
# 1944: Official representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, North Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (Jordan and Palestine) meet in Alexandria, Egypt, and agree to form the League of Arab States.
# 1945: Arab states sign the Arab League Pact, formally inaugurating the League.
# 1945: Arab league member states declare a boycott of Jewish businesses in Palestine (continued after the establishment of Israel as the Arab League boycott).
# 1946: Arab League members sign the Cultural Treaty.
# 1948: Arab League members declare war on Israel.
# 1950: League members sign the Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation Treaty.
# 1953: Members establish the Economic and Social Council; Libya joins the Arab League.
# 1956: Sudan joins the Arab League.
# 1958: Morocco and Tunisia join the Arab League; The United Nations recognizes the League and designates it as the UN’s organisation for education, science and culture in the Arab region.
# 1961: Kuwait joins the Arab League.
# 1962: Algeria joins the Arab League.
# 1964: The first summit convenes in Cairo; the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) forms; a second league summit that autumn welcomes the establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
# 1967: South Yemen joins the Arab League.
# 1971: Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates join the Arab League.
# 1973: Mauritania joins the Arab League.
# 1974: Somalia and Palestine (represented by the PLO) join the Arab League.
# 1976: Arab League summit in Cairo authorises the formation and deployment of an Arab peacekeeping force, mainly Syrian, in Lebanon.
# 1977: Djibouti joins the Arab League.
# 1979: The League suspends Egypt’s membership in the wake of President Anwar Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem and of Egypt’s peace agreement with Israel; the Arab League moves its headquarters to Tunis.
# 1987: The Arab League unanimously endorses a statement on Iraq’s defense of its legitimate rights in its dispute with Iran.
# 1989: The League re-admits Egypt as a member; the League’s headquarters returns to Cairo.
# 1990 (May): A summit meeting in Baghdad criticizes Western efforts to prevent Iraq from developing advanced weapons technology.
# 1990 (August): At an emergency summit, 12 out of the 20 states present condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; unified Yemen joins the Arab League.
# 1993: Comoros joins the Arab League.
# 1994: The Arab League condemns the Gulf Cooperation Council’s decision to end the secondary and tertiary trade embargo against Israel, insisting that only the Council of the Arab League can make such a policy change, and member states can not act independently on such matters.
# 1996: The Arab League Council determines that Iraq, Syria and Turkey should share the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers equitably between them. (This followed complaints by Syria and Iraq that extensive construction work in southern Turkey had started to restrict their water-supply.)
# 1998: The Arab League Secretary-General condemns the use or threat of force against Iraq; Arab League interior and justice ministers sign an agreement to strengthen cooperation against terrorism; the Arab League denounces bomb attacks against US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and US missile strikes against Afghanistan and Sudan.
# 2002: During an annual summit in Beirut in March, the Arab League proposes full normalization of relations with Israel in exchange for Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 internationally recognized borders, implying Israeli evacuation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, east Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the return of all Palestinian refugees and their descendants to Israel.
# 2002: Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi threatens to withdraw from the League, because of “Arab incapacity” in resolving the crises between the United States and Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
# 2003: The League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of US and British soldiers from Iraq.

By: mr ho

mr ho — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:16:42 +0000

Disputes – international:
Definition Field Listing
because the treaties have not been made public, the exact alignment of the boundary with Saudi Arabia is still unknown; boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for entire border, including Oman’s Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the agreement and maps showing the alignment have not been published; **UAE engage in direct talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over Iran’s occupation of Lesser and Greater Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island**

Illicit drugs:
Definition Field Listing
the UAE is a drug transshipment point for traffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug producing countries; the UAE’s position as a major financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering; anti-money-laundering controls improving

This page was last updated on 10 January, 2006

By: Jay Randal

Jay Randal — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:35:13 +0000

LOL McCain looks like a chipmonk lives in his cheek or stores acorns in there! The guy looks and acts lousy, so the voters in Arizona need to kick him out! If Goldwater was alive he would tell McCain to screw off!

By: WORFEUS

WORFEUS — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:13:24 +0000

AssClowns?

Did someone say AssClowns???

LOL.

By: jurassicpork

jurassicpork — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:12:20 +0000

For those of you just tuning inâ€¦ Assclowns of the Week: GWBâ€™s Wide World of Ports Edition is up. On the spit this week:
10) Joementum Lieberman
9) CA Sec. of State Bruce McPherson
8) Rita Cosby
7) George Bush
6) Michael Chertoff
5) Donald Rumsfeld
4) The US Government
3) The Bush administration
2) Gordon England
1) The South Dakota Legislature

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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:08:36 +0000

[...] McCain: Port Sale Overblown Since UAE is Freer Than China Think Progress, DC - 6 hours agoJohn McCain (R-AZ) argued that concern over the Dubai port sale is misplaced since the UAE is freer than that beacon of liberty, China. … [...]

By: Paul in Mexico

Paul in Mexico — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:05:21 +0000

McCain is an asskissing puke, always has been, and always will be. The pukes promised him all the money in the world to campaign for the shrub, and he did.

Whether the shrub likes it or not this ports deal HAS TO BE approved by congress since it is in the form of a treaty with a foreign country, not a CONTRACT.

Check it out, consitutional scholars will be, so why dont all you trolls.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:55:38 +0000

There are no reasonable arguments for the sale of our ports to an arab country.