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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

What Does the President know that we don't?

Well, plenty, but regarding the United Arab Emirates and the "big port deal" maybe we can't really afford to be inhospitable to them right now.

One of the problems of living in a "global community" is that you have to entangle yourself with unsavory characters. Not that all the people of the UAE are unsavory, but some of them have been known to consort with and enable terrorists. That's problematic! Very problematic!

But we don't know what's on the horizon...or do we. Isn't it very possible, if not probable, that we could be at war with Iran in the very near future? And if so, wouldn't it be better for us to have a working relationship with the UAE, who, afterall are moderate and very westernized? They certainly aren't the whacked out Islamo-facists who are rioting over ridiculous cartoons and lopping the heads off of innocents.

Look at the map. The UAE is located at the bottom of the Persian Gulf adjacent to Saudi Arabia and Oman, just across the Gulf from Iran. A strategic military location to be sure. Can we afford to not have them as allies in a war with Iran? This is a serious consideration and we can't afford to be distracted by partisan politics. We have to look a little further down the line.

What is the President to do? Does he succumb to the demands of Congress and the political tsunami which has already developed? Already the dems are cashing in on this and if they're smart they'll adopt the border problem as well and claim they are the ones who really have the security of the country at heart. Up to now they haven't had any winning issues. This could be a bonanza for them; at least for now. The President has been able to outwit the dems on every issue, but now it seems they have an issue with which Americans can identify.

Should the President steadfastly veto any bill which prohibits UAE management of major ports or should he give in to Congress. Our opinions out here in the blogosphere helped to ignite the firestorm, but in the vast scheme of things, we simply don't know what is really going on. This is the next news cycle. Only this time the President is taking it roundly from both sides, and maybe, rightly so. But, we are at war and we're going to be at war for a long time. Not everyone is privy to what all is going on or what all is going to go on in the near future. All we can do is hope and pray that the President makes the right decisions based on good intelligence coupled with wisdom and discernment.

God help us when we have a president who has none of the above!

Still, all things being equal, I think Americans should run our ports.

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