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President Bush Says Trust Him On United Arab Emirates Port Deal

February 21, 2006 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅  Print Article ⋅ Post a comment

President Bush has asked the Americans to trust him when he says the port deal he signed off on will be safe for America. However, many are questioning the presidents’ ability to come through on that promise of trust. Many say the President is a good leader but he falls short in grasping the idealisms prevalent in the Middle East. They say if he is wrong on this one it may be a mistake he cannot apologize for. I also wonder why Bush would threaten his own with a veto while blindly supporting the United Arab Emirates Company. Does Bush personally know this company well enough to vouch for America as a whole? I think good honest discussion by congress should be allowed, not threatened.

Numerous Middle East specialists have said that the Bush Administration deals with the Middle East in a very ethnocentric way, they say this is the reason many of President Bush’ initiatives have failed in the Middle East. They cite the war in Iraq, the search for weapons of mass destruction, the failure to recognize Hamas was going to win the Palestinian elections, the radical Islamists in Saudi Arabia, and the atrocities being committed in Darfur, as just a few of the Presidents miscalculations. They did not bring up the problems in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and now also parts of Yemen.

So with a track record like this, can we afford to trust the President when he vouches for another Middle Eastern policy? Think carefully before you answer. The port deal in question is the last stop made before cargo is delivered directly into major ports in major cities, in domestic America.

I support the President whether I agree with him or not, it is the American thing to do. I may not agree with him but for the betterment of the country I always try to get on board with any presidents initiatives. However, in this one instance I am very slow to jump on board. I feel that the port issue is more important than many think; I feel it’s a major security point in the protection of domestic America. I am also skeptical because I live in a border area, I have seen how badly our borders are patrolled, and I fear that this lapse will only be worse with another country in charge.

Many Radical Muslims have displayed their hatred for any symbol of western culture in relation to the Mohammad cartoons, if they can be swayed so easily to commit such heinous crimes, what would stop them from looking the other way when their fellow Muslims bribe them to allow a weapon of mass destruction to be shipped for detonation in domestic America. I am not ready to have my protection outsourced just yet, isn’t this why we have the armed forces, National Guard, and Coast Guards? If not them then can we at least hire some American private protection companies?

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