For all of Jimmy Carter's strengths as an ex-president, national security is not what I remember him for.
No, it is so easy to throw out a word like racism, and expect everyone on the recieving end to turn into a quivering mass of apologies. Not going to happen. This is not racial. It has elements of race, culture, politics, geo-politics, religion, but I see it as more pragmatic and realistic. Is it racist that I don't want the goverenments of China and Cuba and Venueluala to run those ports? Or Mexico? Or Serbia? No. Those are political boundaries. Is it racist that I don't want a company who is directly owned by a country who, in the recent past, has been tied to those we now see as islamo-fascists? No. That is pragmatic. Is it racist to wonder if the UAE has our best interests at heart? No. That is realistic. Is it racist to wonder if the UAE may be moved by the politics of their neighborhood? No. As an example, see the UAE government's handling of the cartoon controversy. Is it racist to wonder if some of the people who run this company lean more towards our enemies than to ourselves? Is it racist to wonder if any of the people who run this company believe the religious arguments of our enemies? Is it racist that Libya does not allow a company owned by the American goverment to service their military? Is it racist that China does not allow foriegn companies to be majority stakeholders in ANY Chinese company? It isn't racism. For me it is common sense. I am more likely to give the keys to my apartment to my childhood best friend, rather than to the guy from Pakistan I met last week and have been playing xBox with every night. (On the other hand, I never let my friends ask my sister out. I preferred for her to date strangers, since they might have been decent, and I knew my friends were jerks.) On 2/22/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, no congress doesn't have to prove anything, but then you are dealing > with racism. > > Hell even Jimmy Carter said it wasn't a problem. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197864 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
