80% of U.S. ports already foreign owned

mimo2005 · 03-01-2006, 04:44 PM

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Asked if it was feasible for the relatively small U.S. ports industry to take over management of terminals that are currently foreign-owned - a position favored by Hillary Clinton and other port security critics - Peter Tirschwell, publisher of the Journal of Commerce, said no.

"It would be an extraordinary upheaval," he told NPR. "So large as to be difficult to even contemplate it."

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/...835.shtml?s=ic

We spend more on Iraq in a week than ports in a year.

Feel safer?

Don't worry, Spiderman will personaly guard our ports .

**bruiser** · 03-01-2006, 07:53 PM

Guess who's been advising the UAE: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/60414c4c-a9...0779e2340.html

ebackhus · 03-02-2006, 07:48 AM

I have a bit of fear for the protection you've chosen.

**superflysmith** · 03-02-2006, 09:42 AM

So Hillary is against the port deal and Bill is not only for it but advising the UAE. Nothing like playing both sides of the fence.

yustr · 03-02-2006, 09:49 AM

If you read the article, it says he advised them to accept and support a 45 day security review. Sounds like pretty good advice to me.

DPI: "Hey Bill, should we fight this review?"

BC: "Nope. Oh btw, that will cost you $$$$$$$."

bry623 · 03-02-2006, 10:03 AM

Excpet for Gore was in Saudia Arabia saying how Bush is driving all of our allies away and that we need more allies in the gulf................... and then all of this. One side or the other is going to get hurt by this.

**40sondacurb** · 03-02-2006, 10:31 AM

Well our allies were already going away with the creations of the EU, but Bush is making them not like us too. And let's not even talk about "allies" in the mid east.

We need new allies. I can think of several countries in Asia who would be good candidates, but e pissed them off too.

03-02-2006, 09:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
superflysmith An American Hero and Moderator, The Conversation Pit. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,576 OS: XP PRO	So Hillary is against the port deal and Bill is not only for it but advising the UAE. Nothing like playing both sides of the fence. __________________ "Some people go their whole life wondering if they ever made a difference. Marines don’t have that problem." Bush made the Packers lose

03-02-2006, 09:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore/California Desert Posts: 4,857 OS: PCLinuxOS, XP Pro My System	If you read the article, it says he advised them to accept and support a 45 day security review. Sounds like pretty good advice to me. DPI: "Hey Bill, should we fight this review?" BC: "Nope. Oh btw, that will cost you $$$$$$$." __________________ I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said. J. McMurtry In Vino Veritas

03-02-2006, 10:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 10,551 OS: winxp pro sp2	Excpet for Gore was in Saudia Arabia saying how Bush is driving all of our allies away and that we need more allies in the gulf................... and then all of this. One side or the other is going to get hurt by this. __________________ When you fear Sarah, you attack her and try destroy her

03-02-2006, 10:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
40sondacurb #64 & #36 BACKBONE Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,767 OS: xp	Well our allies were already going away with the creations of the EU, but Bush is making them not like us too. And let's not even talk about "allies" in the mid east. We need new allies. I can think of several countries in Asia who would be good candidates, but e pissed them off too. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully" -George W. Bush

03-01-2006, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
bruiser TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,648 OS: xp	Guess who's been advising the UAE: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/60414c4c-a9...0779e2340.html