23rd February 2006, 5:23 PM
Quote:and people are going nuts because 2 of the 9/11 hijackers were from UAE.
No kidding. Timothy McVeigh came from the army so I guess we can't let them run anything either!
I can understand to an extent why some people are bothered by this and why it could potentially be a problem. But the particulars of the this "take-over" is so convoluted that I just can't see why people are up in arms as they. A British company that oversaw the port is being bought by a Dubai-based company that's partially owned by the UAE government where two of the 911 hijackers came from and maybe some of their banks were used to funnel money to terrorists. It's a long way from here to there. Not to mention that port security is awful ANYWAY.
Quote:The problem is we have a great relationship with them so why would we give up land to them?
They don't OWN the port, they just manage it.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.