First off ... my last political post spoke of my lone agreement with GW Bush.... Now it seems that old GW Bush is back on my bad side. You see, I don't understand why our 90 year old Grandmas and 3 year old children need to be strip searched at the airport...but yet GW Bush thinks it is perfectly safe for the United Arab Emirates to own our sea ports. Any thoughts?
Oh... I know those brilliant people at the Department of Homeland Security will still be in charge of security... but the last I checked.... they only search 10% of the cargo coming into and out of our ports as it is. If a country where terrorists were financed for the 9-11 attacks can own our ports...won't they have gained access to the knowledge of how these guys check that cargo? Won't it be easier for a terrorist whom even the UAE doesn't know is a terrorist to slip into the organization and then ship in something heinous? I know... I know... it is my paranoid nature....and of course my bias against Arabs. I mean... I don't know why I would be biased against people who hate us so much they are burning our countries' flag in the streets over a stupid cartoon drawn by someone in a completely different country. I know I am insensitive for feeling that maybe...just maybe I am overreacting when I feel more threatened by the 27 year old Arab gentleman wearing a long black leather trenchcoat in July and getting on the plane than the 3 year old from Minnesota and his 90 year old grandmother who are being picked over like they are roadkill and the buzzards are swarming.
My problem with GW Bush is that he usually is the one who is all gung ho for crazy security measures... but in this case... He has threatened to issue his first VETO.... that's right... numero uno... the first one... He says he will veto any bill passed which would stop the UAE from purchasing our ports. He says the Department of Homeland Security will still be in charge of security and they will protect us... even if Osama Bin Laden's next prodigy is working for them.
The fact that he hasn't vetoed a bill despite the largest spending binge in US history during his 5+ years in office is enough reason to be disillusioned with ol Dubya.... BUT his threatening to use one in a case where he wants to sell our ports to the enemy is just plain mindboggling.
What is his motivation? How much under the table money is being shuffled into his friends pockets? Jack Abramoff is out of the picture... so who is paying him off now?
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Who were you refering to as "the enemy"?
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