Arab Port Whine
by
Irwin N. Graulich
Never trust men wearing long white
sheets who hate Jews. Burning crosses and boycotting a tiny,
democratic state called Israel are actually part of the same cancer.
Not because it is Israel, but because "it is!"
Now those United Arab Emirates cry babies, who were born with a
silver gas nozzle in their mouth, are crying like spoiled little
children. They may not get the big US port toy deal. How sad.
They sent out the big guns including the Viagra man, Bob Dole. Every
man has to make a living, but Bob please. Viagra is one thing; the
hard-ons in the Middle East are quite another. Secretary of State
Albright just does not recognize evil when she sees it, evidence her
bar mitzvah-like toastings with Kim Jong Il and her incredible
failures in negotiating with that nation. It is no surprise that she
has prostituted herself to this oil rich kingdom, attempting to show
Congress what a wonderful, safe "John Emirate" she represents.
George W. Bush will never get my vote again, but he does not care
what the public thinks. This deal is crazy. You want to talk
scandal. Watergate and Lewinsky are small potatoes. On Portgate,
every time you turn over another rock, more maggots come crawling
out.
You have the Carlyle Group involved, a company where Bush Sr. was an
advisor. They received an $8 billion investment last year from Dubai
International Capital. Neal Bush, the president's brother has been
in bed with the UAE for quite some time, including getting backing
for Ignite!, his educational software company.
The only incompetent Bush brother, after being involved with the
scandal ridden S & L's of the 80's, has been a guest of the Crown
Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, where he
lectured on education. Has Neil checked the textbooks which speak
quite disparagingly about Christians and Jews? That in itself could
be part of the reason for their educational failures.
Wait, it gets worse. President Bush chose a Dubai Ports World
executive, David Sanborn, to head the US Maritime Administration and
the Secretary of the Treasury, John Snow, was former chairman of CSX
Corporation, a company who sold their port operations to Dubai Ports
World. Secretary Snow has gone on record to push this latest Dubai
Ports World deal by claiming that "12 American agencies have ruled
out security concerns." Hey John, that is what we call a "Snow job"
where I come from in Brooklyn.
This is nuts. What is going on here? When Jimmy Carter backs your
position, as he "lovingly" spoke of President Bush's port decision
on CNN's Situation Room, you better be extremely careful. I never
though I would say this but, "Thank God for Chuck Schumer and
Hillary Clinton," who are looking very good.
However, it is the American people who are the heroes on this one.
They will not permit such incompetence to coalesce. The government
employees including Bush, Cheney, Snow and the various departments
who investigated this transaction only see one thing. Could this
deal impact the security at six major ports? Of course an educated
answer to that question at present is "No." However, if all one sees
is "port security" in this decision, then you have lost your
American soul.
The United Arab Emirates continues to rip us off with high oil
prices, claiming they are "our partners in fighting terrorism and
are kindly (sic) allowing us to use their military bases." What a
scam. If not for our planes and ships in the area, Iran would have
done the exact same thing to the UAE that Saddam did to Kuwait. Just
check out Iran's claims on that country. The UAE should be paying us
for saving their pathetic little lives.
It was the UAE that served as an operational and financial base for
the 9/11 hijackers and 2 of the hijackers were proud natives.
Records show that the UAE has been a transfer point for shipments of
smuggled nuclear components bound for Iran, North Korea and Libya.
How about this little tidbit--only 5 years ago, the United Arab
Emirates was one of only three countries in the world to recognize
the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
And yet, there are intelligent people in the American administration
who actually believe that this Middle Eastern autocracy should be
involved with our port operations. What these intelligent fools
never ask, but the American people understand, is why is this deal
so important to an oil rich nation of greedy rulers? First of all,
buying the London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
by the Emirates state-owned Dubai Ports World is no great
moneymaker. There are much better ways to invest $6.8 billion, just
ask Goldman Sachs.
What the President and every government worker down the line have
failed to understand is the simple fact that buying access to our
ports is part of the humiliation process that is being attempted
against America. The Arab and Muslim world absolutely hates us, and
the reasons have little to do with Iraq or even Israel.
This mature, old world sees America as a young, highly sexual,
undisciplined child who needs to be reigned in due to bad values and
sexual mores. However, Arab/Muslim children see MTV and Hollywood
movies and want to be part of our incredibly successful, exciting,
strong world, that is dominated by Western technology. Well, those
chic (sic) Sheikh rulers want to show their people that they can
control the Americans by buying them, whether it is through the
acquisition of part interest in FOX News, or through this port deal.
It is also a way of showing that they really have not remained in
the dark ages of hi-tech because they are part of American business
operations; and ports--well, pretty important. However, what was the
last hi-tech device coming out of the Arab/Muslim world--an abacus?
Modern sophisticated electrical devices are viewed as successful
"weapons" of the West over this mysterious, religiously obsessed,
ancient world. These devices are an affront to the fact that this
region is nowhere in the technological revolution.
Therefore, the best solution is to buy companies that wind up taking
over important operations, through which the Arab and Muslim world
will get their prestige and honor. It is the only way they can fight
the West. Buying General Motors is out of the question because of
SEC regulations, thank God. After all, private industry is much
wiser than government.
Make no mistake about it. This is not a business move. It is
predominately an ego driven, military like move. Very sneaky. The
United Arab Emirates comes from a world that is technologically
retarded, so they purchase big companies to make them feel important
and all grown up. However, there is a contradiction that must be
worked out in this religious vacuum.
Technological innovation is seen as the Western devil's work, yet
welcomed. The rationale is that the West can be defeated, in part,
through purchasing them...but then you become part of them. And here
comes the real danger which they fear most. When Arabs and Muslims
actually move to America, they become Americans first...they become
one of us.
As virtually every Arab and Muslim family I know says, " Don't
bother me with that religious fanaticism crap. I am taking my family
to Disneyworld!" That is absolutely Osama's greatest fear.
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Irwin N. Graulich is a
well known motivational speaker on morality, ethics, religion and
politics. He is also President and CEO of a leading marketing, branding
and communications company in New York City. He can be reached at
irwin.graulich@verizon.net
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