What is the President up to?
I have an idea, and I smell Rove...
By now, you've all heard the hub-bub about this deal with a company owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) controlling six major US ports. And many people are thinking to themselves, and out loud, "What the hell is Bush thinking?" I was thinking that myself when I first heard about it. But I think I have a hunch what's going on and I smell the brain of Karl Rove here...
Personally, I think this is a PR move by the Bush Administration. Think about this for a second…
He comes out saying we should not discriminate against this UAE company just because it’s an Arab company, and now he’s got Dems saying “We can’t trust the Arabs to run our shipping ports!” This makes the Dems look like bigots. The Dems are not defending Arabs as in the past, but they are questioning them. Interesting turn of events, wouldn't you say?
Now, later on, he can collapse under political pressure from Congress and save face with the Arab "allies in the war on terror" and show the world how democracy works. He can claim to the world that “the people have spoken” and pull out of the deal, thus saving face with Arab nations and while still not letting the deal go through. He is thinking about foreign policy right now by defending the UAE. And so much of foreign policy is posturing. Positioning the pieces on the board so to speak...
From what I understand, the Coast Guard and Dept. of Homeland Security will maintain security of the ports, just like they do now, so I don't see how we'll be more at risk than we are right now. We'll still only be inspecting 5% of the incoming crates anyway. That's the problem with port security, not who is managing the logistics of incoming and outgoing ships.
Additionally, think about this: Sometimes, in politics, you have to see the big picture. Yes, this deal is going to hurt the Repubs initially because it's a Republican President defending it. But think about it, Repubs in congress are coming out against this too, in a mid-term election year. This is giving the Repubs in the house an opportunity to show they're not lap dogs of the President and also it puts national security into the debate without being accused of playing a fear card. Right now, the Dems are playing that fear card. But the country knows, in matters of National Security, ultimately the Dems are weak.
As this plays out, if the President backs out due to political pressure from his own party, it makes the congressmen that stood up to him look strong. A position they need to be in for the upcoming mid term elections. Remember, it's all about the posturing at the right time. Placement of your pieces on the board, and then, at just the right moment, what do you have? Checkmate...
Just a hunch, but I could see that happening. The question is, is the president confident the congress will have enough votes to overturn his Veto? This should be interesting...
By now, you've all heard the hub-bub about this deal with a company owned by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) controlling six major US ports. And many people are thinking to themselves, and out loud, "What the hell is Bush thinking?" I was thinking that myself when I first heard about it. But I think I have a hunch what's going on and I smell the brain of Karl Rove here...
Personally, I think this is a PR move by the Bush Administration. Think about this for a second…
He comes out saying we should not discriminate against this UAE company just because it’s an Arab company, and now he’s got Dems saying “We can’t trust the Arabs to run our shipping ports!” This makes the Dems look like bigots. The Dems are not defending Arabs as in the past, but they are questioning them. Interesting turn of events, wouldn't you say?
Now, later on, he can collapse under political pressure from Congress and save face with the Arab "allies in the war on terror" and show the world how democracy works. He can claim to the world that “the people have spoken” and pull out of the deal, thus saving face with Arab nations and while still not letting the deal go through. He is thinking about foreign policy right now by defending the UAE. And so much of foreign policy is posturing. Positioning the pieces on the board so to speak...
From what I understand, the Coast Guard and Dept. of Homeland Security will maintain security of the ports, just like they do now, so I don't see how we'll be more at risk than we are right now. We'll still only be inspecting 5% of the incoming crates anyway. That's the problem with port security, not who is managing the logistics of incoming and outgoing ships.
Additionally, think about this: Sometimes, in politics, you have to see the big picture. Yes, this deal is going to hurt the Repubs initially because it's a Republican President defending it. But think about it, Repubs in congress are coming out against this too, in a mid-term election year. This is giving the Repubs in the house an opportunity to show they're not lap dogs of the President and also it puts national security into the debate without being accused of playing a fear card. Right now, the Dems are playing that fear card. But the country knows, in matters of National Security, ultimately the Dems are weak.
As this plays out, if the President backs out due to political pressure from his own party, it makes the congressmen that stood up to him look strong. A position they need to be in for the upcoming mid term elections. Remember, it's all about the posturing at the right time. Placement of your pieces on the board, and then, at just the right moment, what do you have? Checkmate...
Just a hunch, but I could see that happening. The question is, is the president confident the congress will have enough votes to overturn his Veto? This should be interesting...
posted by Goose at 09:24
5 Comments:
Interesting Goose. We shall see how this plays out. At this point, I see this whole port situation is more about politics than security. But, I'm ignorant about this stuff, except for what Rush has explained.
Yeah, this is just a theory. The fruit of trying to figure out what the hell they're thinking. I like to analyze political decisions in my spare time, because you know, I'm a dork.
It will be interesting to see how it turns out, but this is the only logic I can see in making such a decision.
Goose,
I'm torn on this. Perhaps it's because I'm not familiar with what all this is about though. In fact, I'm just plain dumb about all this.
Honestly, the security of it isn't that bothersome to me anymore, based on what I've heard.
The funny thing is there's an uproar about our ports, but look at our borders. Uh. Hello.
Bush has fought hard to keep our country secure. I don't think he'd ignorantly throw national security down the tubes.
I don't like befriending any country that wants to wipe the floor with Israel. That's the bothersome thing to me about this port deal.
By the way, LOL! :) You're not a dork!
From what I understand, the UAE has been an ally in fighting terrorism. I've read they have captured and killed several terrorists so that helps. But you are right, they do not recognize Isreal and that is very disturbing to me.
But then again, you have to remember, this Dubai World Ports company runs several ports around the world. It would not be in their best interest to allow a security breech at one of our ports. The economic ramifications to themselves would be quite severe.
I don't know about this. I am undecided on which way to go. Though generally, by rule, if Jimmy Carter supports an idea, I normally go against hit. I guess he announced his support for it recently...
Maybe that should tell me something...
Yeah Goose, Carter for it is a weebit frightening!
Honestly, I feel as though a lot of people speaking out about this don't know all that much about it.
From what I understand, if UAE wanted to use the ports to bomb us, they could have and would have by now. And, the ports will be secured by us as I understand it.
Hey, good conversation here Goose! This is such a touchy subject for conservatives.
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