And they choose what cargo to load and unload in other countries according to a boycott deemed illegal by the US government. If we have the right to tell manufacturers not to use child labor in their factories as it does not meet our human rights standards, we have the right to tell companies that are running our ports to comply with our laws. As for the feds, we already know what they think about the issue. It should be classified and hidden from everyone.
There's no confusion of the issue. The company is government owned. The company complies with the boycott in action and word through it's owners. You're using western standards of business where profit comes first. The UAE is a Muslim country where the Prophet comes first. > They are not a shipping company. They are a cargo terminal management > company. They load and unload cargo. I don't see that as direct > participation in the embargo. Let's see what the Feds think about the > issue. I'll bet it has already been addressed in the review process. > > Saying the UAE participates in the embergo is confusing the issue. DPW is > not the government of UAE, any more than PEMEX is the government of > Mexico. They are a company. They don't set policy. The don't enforce > policy. They are a business and their goal is to operate their business > and turn a profit. > > > >>What do you mean by not directly? >> >>How can they indirectly participate? Either they hinder the shipments or >>they don't. It doesn't matter who gives the order, if the UAE participates >>in the boycott, then as I understand the law the US can't deal with them. >> >>What would their stance be on Israel based items coming in to the US, or >>items leaving the US for Israel? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198332 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
