tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post114251036526255200..comments2024-03-28T22:59:15.275+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Dubai and Duncessecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-17013841373602386462007-09-26T17:50:00.000+04:002007-09-26T17:50:00.000+04:00I just think it is buisness as usual with these pe...I just think it is buisness as usual with these people and they got caught off guard on the public/media reaction. And lets face it, Bush is as loyal to this bunch of rich buisness friends as he is to, well his other rich buisness friends. If there is a dime to turn, these sob's would sell out their own mothers. Another note worthy is that Iran got important nuclear componants through a black market group that operated out of that port. These would be the same people/government that would own the companies that managed the American ports if the deal goes down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1142540888708356472006-03-17T00:28:00.000+04:002006-03-17T00:28:00.000+04:00butter not gunsJust so long as that butter isn't L...<I>butter not guns</I><BR/><BR/>Just so long as that butter isn't Lurpak...secretdubaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1142530650763817092006-03-16T21:37:00.000+04:002006-03-16T21:37:00.000+04:00this guy is amazing ....check out his books the mo...this guy is amazing ....check out his books the most recent was "the world is flat"obaid almullahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704514441058949318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1142527639931832292006-03-16T20:47:00.000+04:002006-03-16T20:47:00.000+04:00Excellent piece. Thomas Friedman seems to be a wel...Excellent piece. Thomas Friedman seems to be a well-respected editorialist. I thought the article, however, went a little heavy on the quote which discribed backwardness within Arab cultures and society. That could cause some readers to miss the real point about the kind of positive model Dubai offers.<BR/><BR/>The criticism of the US was also rather scathing so hopefully those taken aback by the back handed criticism of Arab culture will see that Friedman was trying to be balanced.<BR/><BR/>I came across somewhere (maybe on NPR) a comment by a guest or panelist stating that Americans were more alarmed by the presumed Dubai Ports World threat than by the Katrina debacle. If that is the case, it would be extraordinary--it would reveal a level of stupidity among the American populace almost beyond belief. Perhaps the point was overstated, but I think this is sort of what Friedman was getting at.<BR/><BR/>I was in America in mid-February just as the story was breaking. I didn't sense that it had so much gravity at that point. It would be interesting to hear an accounting from people in the US as this story grew.<BR/><BR/>I like the Friedman piece, primarily for how he highlights the incrdulity of the bitter attacks on of all places in the Arab world, Dubai--<I>I mean this was Dubai, for God's sake!</I><BR/><BR/>Hope lots of people read it.B.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03604898558343997616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-1142525256319320002006-03-16T20:07:00.000+04:002006-03-16T20:07:00.000+04:00thank you for sharing - excellent piecethank you for sharing - excellent piecemoryartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947593768240856478noreply@blogger.com