George Bush has never vetoed a bill in his five disastrous years in office. Yet, despite the fact that this deal stinks to high heaven (the US never conducted the mandatory investigation before approving it), now Bush is ready to veto. Anything for his great and good friends the UAE.
Mr. "We'll get bin Laden, dead or alive" once passed up a chance to get bin Laden. Why? Because Osama was hanging out with his friends the UAE royal family.
This deal stinks. Will Congress have the spine to scuttle the deal?
ThinkProgress: Administration Failed To Conduct Legally Required Investigation Before Approving UAE Port Deal
The law [] makes the 45-day investigation mandatory in cases like the Dubai World Ports transfer.
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Yet, the investigation never happened. Bush administration officials “could not say why a 45-day investigation did not occur.”
Eschaton: Jolly Old Pals
From March, 2004:The Central Intelligence Agency did not target Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden once as he had the royal family of the United Arab Emirates with him in Afghanistan, the agency's director, George Tenet, told the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States on Thursday.
Had the CIA targeted bin Laden, half the royal family would have been wiped out as well, he said.
I don't see how it's a good idea to hand over ports to Bin Laden's pals.
Again, this is not about an "Arab company," this is a company owned and controlled by the hereditary oligarchy of the UAE, many of whom, apparently, were Bin Laden's jolly old pals.
New York lawmakers stunned by Bush's ports veto threat
The six ports include NY and NJ
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