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Originally Posted by marichiko
Huh??  I can generally wade through your verbiage, tw, but you've lost me here. So lots of foreign companies might be shipping God knows what to the US. |
Clearly my evil twin, tw. must have written this last paragraph. Either that or mad cow disease is an excuse:
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If the ports are at risk, then we must stop international trading. The threat is no for one reason the employees moving containers. The threat are the many companies how hand off and exchange containers in the port of origin and during shipping through many other ports. Who runs a company that only moves the containers one more time - and not worry about all the other companies that do same - is naivety. And that is what this port controversy is about – too many voices that did not first learn the facts.
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If our ports are at risk, then we must stop international trading. The threat is not from employees moving containers. The threat is so many companies who hand off and exchange containers in 'port of origin' and during transition through numerous other ports. Who runs a company that only moves a container one more time - after so many other foreigners and after the container would have already exploded - is not a threat. Furthermore labor union rules, mafia, and law enforcement means the owner could not be a threat.
To not worry about all those other companies that do cargo handling elsewhere without supervision by American labor or law enforecement is naivety, and completely unfair to Dubai. Myopia made obvious by where a D- grade from the 911 Commission comes from. This port controversy is about too many voices who did not first learn the facts. And yes that includes what may even be the majority of Senators, Governors, and big city mayors from those six ports.
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Clearly, just by the nature of his name, Sven should be included on an enemies list. Where is Richard Nixon when we need enemy lists based upon....
Meanwhile, the administration had made no effort to address or even learn why the 911 Commission issued a D-. Naive should get educated and address the issue where problems really exist. That starts by making fewer enemies and more allies. Who owns port 'container moving' machines and storage yards is not a problem - especially if that owner is a most loyal ally.
UT's map demonstrates why we need Dubai allies. Real threat means world wide oil shortages. Only one supertanker exploded in the Straits of Hormuz means worldwide economic disaster. Why do we know this? The threat was well acknowledged and effectively addressed by the Reagan administration.
Meanwhile, notice who dominates one half that bottleneck - Iran. If we cannot trust United Arab Emirates or Oman, then all is lost starting with the Strait. Trusted allies have no problem with their closest friend's businesses - or else those close friends no longer remain allies.
The controversy over who moves containers is about the myopic trying to make fewer friends. A UAE government with major economic interests in the US is a best thing that can happen to US security. Learn why we need allies and why George Jr's military conquests and other attempts to undermine our allies puts American at greatest risk. A safest thing for America is to have a Dubai company moving containers on a dock. The worst thing that could happen is that we alienate another ally - especially one on UT's map.
Those who worry about who move containers just are not looking beyond the tip of their nose. There is a real world beyond that nose. That also means we need allies and we must not piss allies off because we need them that badly - especially now thanks to George Jr.