Thread: Port Nonsense
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Old 03-10-2006, 09:53 AM   #40
Kitsune
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Originally Posted by jaguar
If it was a European company noone would have batted an eyelid. Pathetic xenophobia. Excellent way to ostracise probably the most progressive of ME states.
I honestly don't think the scrapping of this deal really involved a fear of an Arab nation controlling major US ports. This was the spin the media put on it to whip up the public, but I really think this is all about kickbacks, behind-the-scenes deals, politics, and a lot of US businesses and contracts that we're not fully aware of.
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