Bush: Ports Deal Collapse May Hurt U.S.

Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:23 AM EST

Liz Sidoti, AP National Political Writer

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Port Deal Worries Bush

BAD MESSAGE: President Bush said Friday the political storm over a fallen ports deal sent a bad message to U.S. allies in the Middle East.

STRONGER TIES: Better relationships with moderate Arab countries would help win the war on terror, Bush said.

STALLED TALKS: The administration announced a postponement in the next round of negotiations aimed at a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates, but wouldn't say whether it was related to the ports deal.

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Marla.Erwin

When will the tipping point come and everyone finally throw this guy out?

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#26 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:41 PM EST

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Scott D. Feldstein

I'm so conflicted about seeing Bush take a hit for this deal. After all the incredible @!$%# he's done, this is what wakes folks up to the fact that his administration isn't just wonderful? It's kind of like seeing Al Capone indicted for mail fraud. I'll take it if that's all we can get, but it's disappointing!

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#27 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:42 PM EST

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Zaki

The Dubai Ports World fiasco in Congress sent a message of fear, paranoia, ignorance, and hate.

haha, and who created the fear, the paranoia, the ignorance, and the hate???

p.s. see state of the union 2002,2003

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#28 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 3:43 PM EST

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Scott D. Feldstein

Amen, brother.

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#29 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:01 PM EST

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Brian White

Hey dada21, looks like you're making a move off of slashdot, memerot here.

Glad to see another libertarian voice, all the 'conservatives' here seem to think I'm liberal because I'm against big gov't and for our rights.

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#30 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:42 PM EST

{"commentId":57133,"authorDomain":"mimizhusband"}

Mimizhusband

Sudonim #3 comment was correct. Dubai is in the middle east, so some think it is by definition suspect. With that logic, Canada must be really good at making movies, since it right next to the United States.

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#31 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:33 PM EST

{"commentId":57234,"authorDomain":"billybobjoe"}

billybobjoe

Regardless of whether you feel happy, sad, or indifferent to the ports deal there is a damn good thing that is coming out of this (hopefully).

In fact, work continued on Capitol Hill on two fronts: reworking the process under which the government approves foreign investment and boosting port security.

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#32 - Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:02 PM EST

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kikaiju

Boosting port security won't be easy. It's still -and perhaps always will be- far too easy to smuggle a bomb inside a shipping container.

It doesn't need to get past the port security. It can detonate while still on the ship in the harbor and achieve much the same results. In such a case it will make no difference whatsoever about who's running the port or the ship.

Terrorists aren't even the biggest threat. Another government who might want to take the US down a peg or distract us could easily stage such an attack just to watch us scramble like ants. Katrina has already shown our lack of readiness for disasters.

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#33 - Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:28 AM EST

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