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U.S. ports in the hands of a state-owned Arab company	Dark_Crow	02/21/06
"It is not as if they will fire all the unionized workers at P&O's U.S. ports and replace them with Arabs." "Powerful Washington lawmakers citing security concerns on Tuesday pushed emergency legislation to block a controversial deal that would place management of six major U.S. ports in the hands of a state-owned Arab company." President Bush has stated we (America) are going forward and, "I will veto any legislation that stops us from going forward. I am not up to date on this matter. Can anyone tell me why we would allow a foreign Corporation to manage our ports? http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-02-21T184041Z_01_N19219437_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-PORTS.xml&archived=False
Clarification/Follow-up by Oldstillwild on 02/22/06 2:45 am: Well...,Im going to speculate now a little,Keenu...... The US government isnt totally mentally challenged... They might think,that theyll have more influence and power over foreign companies if they are operating close to home.... Intelligence operations will be somewhat easier to make sure activities are limited to purely and sound economical actions.... On government level each and every actions is tactically and strategically well Tankthought thru up untill all the nastiest actions to follow thru if necessary..... Politics stink,you know..... After all , Bush isnt but a industry-puppet on a string..... (Im sure,you do...)
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Oldstillwild		02/21/06
Well , Darkcrow, Economics is about money, Money is about power, Trade is not about terrorism, Industry is international, So,power is where the money is and it was only a matter of time to see,that the Eastern Companies would come Westward.(Which has been happening for years now...) There is no difference compared to USA-led companies buying European companies. This time its just about companies managing ports. In fact thats nothing special. Control of borders and coast is still by USA government. Of course it does sound kind of scary,given present terrorist threats,but those threats would still be in existence , no matter what company is managing the ports. Its about,who's managing the borders. USA is a capitalistic country pur sang. Even your president is willing to sell his near-soul for money....... Honestly,I wouldnt like it at all neither, to learn,that terroristfriendly country originated companies would settle in my country , let alone manage our ports......,but Im afraid youd have to learn to live with it as long as money is ruling the Big thinking...... Be sure to watch your ports closely now!

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