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February 21, 2006

Has Bush gone mad?

Topics: War on Terror

That's what Robert Spencer is asking at Jihad Watch. And most Americans will certainly agree that handing over operations at six US ports to a UAE company is simply, nuts!

Port Jihad Update. Drudge has a siren up with this headline, as yet unconnected to any story: "BUSH ISSUES VETO THREAT; VOWS TO KEEP PORT DEAL."

Has Bush gone mad? The UAE may be the most reliable ally the United States has ever had (and of course it isn't remotely that) and there would still be no way for it to ensure that Dubai Ports World hires no one with jihadist sentiments. The situation in the Islamic world, compounded by the Administration's inability or unwillingness to come to grips with the reality of the jihad ideology, indeed make it quite likely that Dubai Ports World will be sending at least a few mujahedin to work in these American ports, and that they will be able to work there unhindered. After all, no one in Washington is yet even asking the right questions of self-proclaimed moderates about where they really stand on jihad and Sharia issues.

Spencer has more, and as Reuters just did a few minutes ago, we can bet on hearing a lot more in the days to come. This deal with a company in an Arab terrorist country needs to be dead in the water sooner rather than later, else GW's presidency is essentially at an end in terms of credibility in the War On Terror.

Posted by Richard at February 21, 2006 4:28 PM

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