Limits, Priorities, Ethics, & Survival of the USA

Certainly the US remains in charge of and will perform its own security. But how much more can our security forces do? Why should their task list grow? Why open our doors further? Homeland Security will become our largest industry.

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The Dubai ports deal delineates supporting politically-oriented leadership from support of the United States of America. There is an obvious priority that cannot be disregarded and demands ultimate concern for, and protection of the US of A. The US of A is more important than any politics and any business deal.

Could it possibly be true that the politicians promoting this deal truly fail to see and comprehend the potential openings it provides for fanatics?

Is it possible US politicians promoting this deal fail to see that it is not related to current UAE government policies which purportedly make the UAE a US ally? Instead, this is about DP World's internal vulnerabilities. DP World employs thousands of workers. It will draw many of those employees from the Middle Eastern region. It is likely that some management, mid-level, and dock employees will be against not only the US, but also against official UAE policies. There is therefore a reasonable possibility that DP World will unwittingly hire individuals who are committed enemies of the US, the UAE, and the civilized world.

This possibility is larger for a UAE-based company than for a British, Italian or US-based company. This is why this deal should not be permitted and US policy regarding port operations must change in the post-9/11 world.

Update 3/14: -- Americans & Western civilization must watch to see how Dubai owners of the port operation contracts escape this issue without transferring them. Will they simply set their price high enough to fail to attract buyers... and then claim no buyers materialized? Dubai-owned & controlled DP World knows that Congress and most Americans will have forgotten this issue by then. After all the noise, there may very well be no transfer.

Update 3/13: -- Dubai's governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi spoke of the stir from US lawmakers over DP World's ports deal saying, "Investors are going to take this into consideration... They will look at investment opportunities (in the US) through new binoculars."

He is correct. How wise of him to realize.

Serious global investors and Americans now see the US is starting to defend and protect itself. US investments are now safer than they have been in several years.

Foreign companies, governments, and private investors invest in the US only because there are good investments in the US. Often these are amongst the safest, most reliable investments in the world. Investing in the US is now safer. As always, it is more secure than many others nations whose record of over-night asset theft through nationalization often concerns investors.

Update 3/10: -- Dubai has only promised to transfer operational control to a separate entity. It has not removed the possibility of someday taking back operational control from that entity. And so what? Would a competent business person trust Dubai to not renege on a promise after seeing how they operated throughout this deal? Are there any competent business-oriented negotiators in congress? Does only personal self-interest rule congressmen?

In questioning, Dubai representatives said DP World would "transfer" the leases to manage some of the busiest US ports to a still-unnamed American company. DP World declined to say whether it planned to sell the American operations or had some other transaction in mind.

Update 3/9: -- Sham! Specious Sham! Just as the US Congress started passing legislation that would have killed the Dubai ports deal -- as we anticipated -- the Dubai-owned and controlled company DP World made its next announcement. Its orchestration was perfect. Speciously, the company announcement was made by its American puppet Chief Operating Officer Edward H. Bilkey. He issued a press release perfectly timed to coincide with Senator John Warner's ability to grandstand and read it on the Senate floor for maximum media coverage.

Bilkey's presentation is also designed to provide slippery outs for senators and representatives who have grandstanded over recent weeks demanding the deal be disallowed. It will be allowed and the losers are Americans and the winners are American politicians.

Bilkey's statement reads: "Because of the strong relationship between the United Arab Emirates and the United States and to preserve that relationship, DP World has decided to transfer fully the U.S. operation of P&O Operations North America to a United States entity."

Bilkey failed to identify details of the restructuring. It is a safe bet that congressmen will give in as Dubai officials shuffle the shells in this big-time shell game that is not a game.

Americans must watch the details and learn what sort of sham divestiture DP World does with operation of the US ports in question. It will not eliminate the potential security holes nor alleviate new burdens placed upon US homeland security workers.

The Issue: Politicians are attempting to scare Americans into believing foreigners may no longer invest in the US of A. Americans and their so-called leaders need to understand that foreigners do not invest in the US of A because they like Americans or because Americans are nice to them.

Foreign companies, governments, and private investors invest in the US of A only because there are good investments in the US of A. Often these are amongst the safest, most reliable investments in the world.

Update 3/4: -- California Congressman Duncan Hunter, warning of Dubai's long record of passing WMD components across the world, said, "To those who say my views smack of protectionism, I say: America is worth protecting".

The Deal: February 28 -- The UAE is located at a strategically and tactically critical juncture. The US Navy openly points to several hundred military vessels that have ported in UAE waters over recent months. If that, then imagine.... The UAE is a relatively reliable oil-producing ally. Therefore, in the global picture, the DP World buyout of P&O is a small deal. But it is a big deal to several UAE business interests. And with so much publicity it is an even grander global deal. US politicians will eventually relent. US politicians will not allow UAE interests to suffer embarrassment by losing this highly visible contest.

Therefore this deal will eventually be completed. DP World will operate port facilities in the US.

The Question: Why should foreign-controlled company employees and officials of foreign nations have direct knowledge and be privy to US Homeland Security plans, safeguards, procedures, and defenses?

Certainly the US remains in charge and will perform its own security. But how much more can our security forces do? Why should their task list grow? Why open our doors further? Homeland Security will become our largest industry.

Update 3/2: -- Bill Clinton: Former president Bill Clinton knows the UAE and top UAE officials know Bill Clinton well. Their relationship is long and deep. The sheikdom contributed to the Clinton Library and brought Clinton to Dubai in 2003 & 2005 were he was reportedly paid $300,000 each for speaking engagements.

Clinton recently proposed to the UAE that his onetime press secretary, Joe Lockhart, be hired as the Washington make-the-deal spokesman for UAE-owned DP World. UAE officials did not hire Lockhart.

However the imagery of Bill working to slip the deal past Congress and the American people while Hillary ostensibly rails against the deal is typical of what Americans should expect.

Americans can only imagine -- If the former president Bill Clinton is promoting and maneuvering this deal, imagine the kinds of deals he was doing with the power and influence he wielded as president for eight years.

Other Democrats working to slip this deal past Congress and the American people include Carol Browner, former Environmental Protection Agency chief under Clinton now working as a principal in the Albright Group lobbying firm. The Albright Group is headed by former Secretary of State under Clinton, Madeleine Albright. Her company is representing DP World.

Also pushing the DP World port deal is Jonathan Winer, a top Democratic lobbyist. He spent 10 years as Senator John Kerry's aide. Winer's associate at the Alston & Bird law firm who also is supporting DP World is Kathryn Marks. She was policy director for then Senator John Edwards. Former Democratic Representative Tom Downey, chairman of his own lobbying firm, is also working on the make-this- deal done team.

Update 3/1: -- Boycotting Israel: The Jerusalem Post reports that the Dubai-based company that owns DP World supports and participates in the broad Arab boycott against Israel and its products. When contacted by the Jerusalem Post, Muhammad Rashid a-Din, a staff member of the Dubai Customs Department's Office for the Boycott of Israel said, "Yes. of course the boycott is still in place and is still enforced... If a product contained even some components that were made in Israel, and you wanted to import it into Dubai, it would be a problem".

A-Din added that the headquarters office for the anti-Israel boycott is in Damascus, Syria. However his office and staff in Dubai are paid employees of the Dubai Customs Department. This entity is a division -- as is DP World -- of the same holding company which is wholly-owned and controlled by the Dubai Emirate government.

US law prohibits companies from complying with requests or cooperating with any Arab government's attempt to boycott Israel.

Update 2/27: -- US Coast Guard Report: Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins, head of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said a US Coast Guard report raised "red flags" concerning terminal management takeover at six US ports by Dubai Ports World which is owned and controlled by Dubai of the United Arab Emirates.

Collins interviewed US Coast Guard officials in closed session. She said information obtained demonstrates that the White House should have extended its initial review and will have to now probe further. The Bush administration has agreed to reopen the analysis.

Collins added, "There are issues in that [Coast Guard]document that warrant further investigation, but I am convinced that will in fact occur during the 45-day review".

The Coast Guard report was written in December, 2005. It states, "There are many intelligence gaps, concerning the potential for DPW or P&O assets to support terrorist operations, that precludes an overall threat assessment of the potential DPW and P&O Ports merger". It also states, "The breadth of the intelligence gaps also infer potential unknown threats against a large number of potential vulnerabilities".

Update 2/25: OOPS... -- DP World executive Michael Moore said the company will agree to tighter security controls to win congressional backing only if the same restrictions apply to all US port operators. DP World had two days ago been more conciliatory. At that time it said it would do whatever Bush asked in order to save the deal.

DP World senior vice president Michael Moore today said, "Security is everybody's business... We're going to have a very open mind to legitimate concerns. But anything we can do, any way to improve security, should apply to everybody equally."

It took only two days for DP World to start sliding out of its promise.

Stephen Hadley, Bush's national security advisor, said there is no way to stop the deal. Some Americans say, "Oh yes there is. Oh yes we can! Just pretend we are Middle Eastern also and say, 'No, we do not accept this deal.'"

Update 2/24: Clever Tactical Maneuver By DP World.
The Dubai-controlled company said it would delay the US portion of the deal making special arrangements for the US ports involved while discussing security concerns. This clever tactical maneuver allows DP World to take absolute control of the major portion of P&O. It leaves P&O's old owners in a vague position, thus strengthening DP World's full takeover position.

Most meaningfully, DP World's clever tactic allows time to pass during obfuscation and phony-baloney security talks. Congressmen will get further confused, less involved, and will likely eventually let the issue and deal pass. New Jersey filed a court suit seeking to prevent DP World from taking over its ports. Predictably talks will start, procedures will be agreed to, politicians will surrender, and the special interest deal will pass.

The Point: Dubai-controlled DP World will be a natural open door for fanatic terrorists to seek employment. At some point in the future, some, though not all, will be hired. They will have access to US security plans & procedures. They will have access to containers and ships heading directly into US ports. They will be able to plant chemical, nuclear, biological material on these ships.

Update 2/23: President Bush insulted the British by rhetorically asking Americans, why should a UAE-controlled company be treated differently than a British-based company?

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Update 2/21: Bush told reporters, "After careful review by our government, I believe the transaction ought to go forward... I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company. I am trying to conduct foreign policy now by saying to the people of the world, 'We'll treat you fairly.'" Bush could ask any American since 9/11 why Middle Eastern nations must be held to a different standard. They operate by different standards with goals that include suicide and destruction of the US. They need a standard that is different from Britain. That is fair treatment!

This issue is President G. W. Bush's rendition of his father's infamous "Read my lips" I won't raise taxes statement. It will likely have similar political ramifications. The Democrat's incessant barking and annoying of this president forced him to take a bunker mentality. He appears unable to see clearly on this issue -- past the special interest, promised dealings.

Why is President Bush fighting so hard to win this issue? Why has he surrendered on Social Security reform and health care reform and immigration reform?

Perhaps the president's advisors might find other ways to "link up" with our Middle East friends. Perhaps we could buy their oil.

The US of A has been built through the sacrifices of millions of men and women for over 200 years.

No American should allow anyone to damage the USA in any manner whatsoever without waging a damn good fight.

Approval of this deal will provide a Dubai-controlled company access to US Homeland Security port and shipping procedures, controls and defense plans.

Approval has been granted by a Bush committee operating in secrecy for the UAE-controlled company DP World to take over ownership of the British port operations company P&O. With ownership is transferred control and operation of contractual agreements. Some contracts will provide this Dubai-government controlled company license to operate loading and unloading in six major US ports.

At the lowest level, US union workers will do the actual work in US ports. In ports around the world unknown workers of unknown sorts will be loading shipping containers that will arrive silently in US ports, be unloaded and transported by rail and truck throughout the US. It is not relevant that US union workers will be handling this potentially nefarious cargo of unlimited purposes. Imagine future employees of this Dubai company. Fanatical terrorists will understand that they can get a job with DP World. Then they may position themselves to place biohazard, chemical, nuclear materials into containers. Then they may sail with those materials or arrange for their compatriots to accept the materials in a US port or at any destination in the US.

Some of the 9/11 hijackers used the UAE as an operational and financial base. The UAE was an important transfer point for shipments of smuggled nuclear components sent to Iran, North Korea and Libya by a Pakistani scientist.

Since 9/11, one of the commonly acknowledged serious and large gaps in US security relates to its ports, commercial ship controls and shipping containers that cannot -- even more than four years after 9/11 -- be adequately inspected!

President Bush attempted to place the insultingly inadequate Harriet Miers on the US Supreme Court. Why? Within days of President Bush's appointment she was shown to be thoroughly inadequate and worse, not nearly adequately prepared or skilled. Within weeks President Bush found Judge Samuel Alito. Immediately Alito was acknowledged even by unsupportive experts to be eminently qualified. But why had he been passed over for Harriet Miers? What went on behind the scene?

President Bush has put himself on the line and obviously committed his life to defending the USA in the war against terrorism, WWIII. Mr. Bush will quite possibly be in danger for the rest of his life for having taken this courageous position. All civilized people owe Mr. Bush for his sacrifice... and all should appreciate the gravity of his sacrifice.

President Bush must understand that allowing the Dubai-controlled company DP World to operate US ports will be a threat to national security. Obviously Dubai government officials, company owners, executives and many workers are committed to defeating, or at minimum, humbling the USA.

President Bush maintains the US must develop independent, secure energy sources as soon as possible. He publicly bemoans our dependence on middle Eastern nations for much of our oil.

President Bush's allowing this transaction to proceed after a secretive review can only be explained by some sort of short-sighted rational. But why? What is going on behind the scene?

President Bush has sent and continues to send America's finest young people around the world to defend and wage pre-emptive strikes to protect the US homeland.

President Bush has the temerity to use the finest Americans who thoroughly trust him to defend the US, yet he is opening US ports to potential terrorists. This Dubai-controlled company is without question now, or soon would be, infiltrated with fanatics dedicated to destroying the USA. It will be a very desired employer for future terrorists. Those fanatical terrorists are dedicated to undoing all the progress made by so many sacrifices of America's finest young people.

President Bush, what is really going on here? Are some Dubai officials long-time friends of George Bush, Sr.? Is it possible that you could do a business deal justified by old-time contacts? Is it possible that you could disregard America's finest young people's sacrifices? Is it possible you could disregard the long-term safety of the United States of America to do a business deal?

President Bush's opinion on this matter is not nearly as sacrosanct as the United States of America.

President Bush, the word is "nuc-lear". The word is not "nuc-u-lar". Apparently no one else will help you with that detail either -- not your mother, wife, children, top advisors, nor even your father. Be wise enough to learn. A word as important as nuclear cannot be mispronounced in a silly manner for years by the president of the United States of America.

President Bush, neither can a Dubai government-controlled company be permitted to pass in and out of US ports carrying anything it wants to at anytime because it has access to US security controls and procedures. Stop this insidious and specious deal.