Conflict?
In a story brought to my attention by Getting Nothing But Static From MSM, former President Clinton has been helping the UAE navigate the political firestorm over the Port deal.
Clinton advised top officials from Dubai two weeks ago to propose a 45 day delay to allow for investigations. This happened even as his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, was leading efforts to stop the deal. Bill Clinton called the UAE a "good ally to America."
I like how liberal blogs have been saying that the only reason Bush is for this deal is because he's somehow getting money from it (even though there is absolutely no proof of this). However, consider this: In 2002, Clinton was paid $300,000 to address a summit in Dubai. So let me get this right, Clinton has clear ties to the UAE, but Bush has none. Yet, the liberal blogs still criticize the President for this deal, saying he must only be in it for his own personal gain. Interesting, don't ya think?
Tags: Bush, Clinton, UAE, Port Deal
posted by David @ 7:38 AM
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2 Comments:
Please, you're thinking rationally. Stop that. Then, and only then, will you understand liberals.
Oh yes, UAE influence in American politics is all Clinton's nefarious doing, how could it be anything else?
Rationality must mean the cognitive ability to find Bill Clinton's influence in whatever sorry state of affairs George W. has managed to drag the country into.
And really...do you honestly think that no affiliate of the Bush white house is making money off this deal? If so, minority view, my friend.
White House Has Ties to Dubai Firm
By Michael McAuliff
The New York Daily News
Tuesday 21 February 2006
Washington - The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House.
One is Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose agency heads the federal panel that signed off on the $6.8 billion sale of an English company to government-owned Dubai Ports World - giving it control of Manhattan's cruise ship terminal and Newark's container port.
Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow left for President Bush's cabinet.
The other connection is David Sanborn, who runs DP World's European and Latin American operations and was tapped by Bush last month to head the U.S. Maritime Administration.
The ties raised more concerns about the decision to give port control to a company owned by a nation linked to the 9/11 hijackers.
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