I got to thinking about this again last night and realized that most foreign countries should probably kick us out of owning/controlling infrastructure in their countries. Afterall, it seems that we college educate most of the terrorists and we teach them to fly also. If we're going to hold other countries to such a standard, doesn't it only make sense to apply that same standard to us?
On 2/22/06, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:199644 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
