why dont we just say "yes" to terrorists by giving them control of our ports?
141048
Do you really want to know all the details of why such ports are being given to a Middle-eastern business to run?  What if it is a sting operation?  Should we just publish the details and fight it?  Isn't that what we're doing?\nLeave it alone.  Bush knows what he is doing.
364429
Or they use them against us, which they already SAID they would. But hey just because a country that harbors terrorists, and pretty much wants to see all Americans DIE a horrible painful death, and IS going to get nuclear weapons and DID say they WILL use them again us, our citizens, and our allies, does not mean we should stop them. I mean come on, let's let them kill a few million peoiple first, THEN maybe we will let NATO try some political sanctions for a few years.
744255
They don't...the media, the democrats and the celebraties all do because they can't keep there mouths shut overseas while they play up to their audiences...\n\nThe Dems support the same agenda that the terrorists do...and it is all about hating america...why do you think they want the UN to control US actions?  Not becasue they love it....nope, no sir...\n\nThanks the Republicans who love america and then thank your troops...the vote Liberterian and get all those politicians that voted for the war out.....    :)
871150
I've wondered that myself. I guess it's better than saying, "We will let the terrorists destroy our way of life." It seems like someone is always trying to destroy our way of life. If its not one thing, its another. They just keep coming and coming. I guess it gets votes and allows politicians to have a way of life that most of the rest of us don't enjoy.
813413
that's an odd question because we do support terrorists, namely Israel.
989794
Just in case noone's figured out yet, everyone in the world except for England hates us, so there's really no creating enemies; they're already there. And I'm sick of government idiots thinking we can stop terrorism by invading every country with terrorists. EVERY MIDDLE-EASTERN COUNTRY HAS TERRORISTS! There has to be another way, or we're going to end up turning the worlds oil supply (and an entire culture) into a parking lot.
167057
Bush isn't selling the ports ... they already belong to a British company that is selling them to a company from the UAE.\n\nAnd US always has and will continue to be responsible for security at the ports, regardless of what company owns them
872141
yes it is winnable as for how it is won well we need to get the terrorists out of the country and let them go from there helping them along when they need it. but how we do it i don't know  its not my call. but there need to be changes made.
372439
My question is why would you want that?\nBut I think you should find a local anti-US terrorist group, tell on them and ask for that in return.
706698
No.  It would be turned down because it would give too much freedom to terrorists.
1126763
Do you really think it's necessary? I don't, I think upholding our freedoms and civil liberties is pretty important, and worth the risk by most people's reckoning, I think the best way to fight terrorism is to have better control on who/what comes and goes in or out of our country, and not to do business with countries that give the money to support that garbage in the first place...oil's an issue in this question, and if more people were cognizant of the relationship between pressure on the throttle and money flowing to countries that support this kind of thing, I'll bet a lot of people would drive a lot slower....but, at the end of the day, there's people that don't like America, for whatever reason, and I'd just as soon see better border controls to keep em out. Including the airports...
901797
Are you suggesting that we change our foreign policy to satisfy Islamofacist terrorists??????????????????\n\nTheir hatred for us is irrational. It makes very little sense to try to understand their motivation.
163344
Bigotry takes many forms and attempts to disguise itself behind issues that many people can support (i.e., law and order, national security, etc). The issue here has never been about national security. Many people would like us to think that this is the case but it isn't. The truth is that most people are bigoted when it comes to Arab companies owning companies that do business in the United States. Let's look at all of the issues here. First, national security is not threatened by the deal. The company would not control port security nor would it have access to any information that would allow it to bypass security measures which are in place that it couldn't already bypass without purchasing an interest in the port. Second, the company would do financial harm to itself and is very unlikely to risk a sizable investment in our ports to further some ideological agenda of others. Third, any ownership of an interests in ports could jeopardize our national security even if its an American company therefore it makes no sense to discriminate simply because the company is based out of the UAE.
142603
Global hegemony makes us a target from terrorism.  If you want more terrorist attacks, then by all means invade sovereign nations for no real reason.  However, if you actually want to keep our country safe, it's probably best to keep our heads down.
1024560
People say "because they cant be trusted with them!", which is ridiculous. I dont expect they think we can be trusted with them either! \n\nWe are not the world police!\n\nI am sick and tired of Americas "DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO" attitude. Its incredibly patronising and shows a blatent lack of respect for other nations.....which, by the way, is exactly what spurs the terrorists on in the first place.
698122
1) we shouldn't be invading people anyway.\n2) Think about it. We are at war with a country, would you want to grant automatic refuge to it's citizens without question? Obviously not. Securitywise, that would be an extremely stupid move.
204571
Probably not, why would so many senators and congressman in both political parties be against it if it were a good idea.  The real question should be why does President Bush want Dubai to own the ports so bad?