Ah, the port security ...

[veronica_rich]

Haven't heard much on my f-list about the Dubai Ports World buyout that would give them security access to major U.S. ports. Questions I haven't seen posed by the major media (and maybe I'm just not reading/listening to the right reports; please feel free to share links) include:

Why has it been all right for the Bush administration to invoke the horrors of 9/11 every time it's been to their political advantage, but in light of this pending business transaction, it's not such a big deal?

How did the administration manage to link the jihad-fueled 9/11 to Iraq's secular regime, yet sees absolutely no link from 9/11 to the UAE, a creation that has been PROVEN to have a link with at least some of the 9/11 hijackers?

Who - or rather, how many - in this administration has a financial stake in Dubai Ports World and how much profit do they stand to realize with this sale and future business as a result of it? Nothing these people do or approve is nonprofit for themselves. NOTHING.

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[yoiebear.livejournal.com]

In all honesty, those questions have probably been screened and are blown away before they reach the public. Not only that, but we all know that some people (not you or me) are willing to forget ethics and morals to make a few bucks.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think you and I know those people better than most, don't we? We wouldn't have jobs without them, sometimes. *G*

I am of the school that if I have an important question I think my readers would ask or critically need to know, and I don't get an answer or I'm discouraged from asking, I'll put in that I attempted to find out and how I was thwarted. At least they'll know I was doing my job, in that case.

[yoiebear.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing with my stories and information with-held. Readers need to know that we at least tried to get the information to them.