I have a problem with this, not just because of the fact that it is the UAE involved (which HAS to add a level of security concern. 2 of the hijackers were from there. The nuclear materials shipped from Kahn in Pakistan went through ports in the UAE. There ARE people there who DO NOT LIKE US), but because there is a foriegn government involved (you can often trust independant companies to do what is in their monitary best interest. Govs are not so predictable), because there was not enough focus paid to this issue (Bush didn't know about it until it started appearing in the papers, nor did anyone in Congress).
But the main problem I have with it is this SECRET committee that is deciding these things. Who are they? Do we trust THEM? Are they career employees, or are they political appointees making these decisions? If they are political employees, what ties do they have to the companies they are making decisions about. Did they actually DO ANY RESEARCH into whether this is a problem, or did they just rubber-stamp it? 23 days does not seem like a lot of time to research such a decision. I want everyone to step back, shine a little light on this, make the process more transparent, take some more time, and think this through. If, after they have done this, and the decision is still that this is a good idea, then I say - go for it. But I want a little more due diligence done here. This is friggin important. On 2/22/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't it also akin to saying "You are a legitimate company with every > right > to operate in this capacity, but we want to stop you because you are Arab" > > That doesn't sound very American. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197725 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
