Military Parts Takeover

First the harbors, now it's the defense plants. Does this man, President Bush, never get it right?

It was announced today that Bush approved the contract for a Dubai-owned company to take control of some US manufacturing plants. No harm there, eh? Well now, hold on a minute, partner. These plants manufacture parts for our military.

Remember back in previous wars when our soldiers were being slain with weapons stamped "Made in the USA"? Well, this rates right up there with that. Our GI's pull the trigger. The gun misfires. The parts? Stamped: "Made by Dubai Manufacturing".

There's more than one way to kill the turkey for the Thanksgiving meal.

I would love to give you the particulars on this transaction, but even after a diligent search, there wasn't much information to find. Alas. Alack. Not the name of the company making the purchase, not the location, nor how many defense plants were in question. Is this another hush-hush deal? Is the administration trying to slide it by on the QT so Bush's remaining 39-percent approval rating doesn't drop to say ― zero?

One has to ask the obvious question: Has it occurred to the Bush regime to QUESTION WHY the United Arab Emirates ― suddenly ― has such an active interest in acquiring contracts to control our harbors and to manufacture our defense parts? What is their motivation?

If President Bush is gungho to pacify the arabs of the United Arab Emirate, it would behoove him to give away a restaurant or two. Perhaps, a cattle ranch in Texas. One of the "everything is bigger in Texas" variety.

Giving away major defense installations or manufacturing plants which compromise our national security should never be an option.
Military Parts Takeover © 2006 Chaeli Lee Sullivan