Archivo etiqueta «Emiratos Árabes Unidos»

By Jim Hoagland (THE WASHINGTON POST, 26/02/06):

Laugh or cry? Hard to choose when it comes to the descent of the Bush White House into total incoherence over the Dubai Ports World contract. Once again we turn from weighty matters to ask: What did this president not know and when did he not know it?

From his vice president spraying a hunting buddy with birdshot to the negotiation of the politically charged ports contract, George W. Bush has had his spokesman fall back on his father’s lame defense in Iran-contra: Me? I was out of the loop.

That’s not a … Seguir leyendo

Par Pierre-Yves Dugua, Correspondant du Figaro à Washington (LE FIGARO, 25/02/06):

Les pays qui commercent et investissent aux Etats-Unis ont des raisons de s’alarmer des signes de paranoïa manifestés ces derniers jours par le Congrès américain. En voulant, contre l’avis de George W. Bush, bloquer le transfert de la gestion de six ports américains à une firme de Dubai, Dubai Ports World, républicains et démocrates offrent un curieux spectacle.

L’Amérique peut-elle rester le grand pays d’accueil pour investissements étrangers si même les entreprises originaires de pays alliés des Etats-Unis, fussent-ils arabes, sont soupçonnées d’être infiltrées par des terroristes ? … Seguir leyendo

By Charles Krauthammer (THE WASHINGTON POST, 24/02/06):

If only Churchill were alive today, none of this would be happening. The proud imperialist would have taken care that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., chartered in 1840 by Victoria (“by the grace of God . . . Queen defender of the faith” on “this thirty first day of December in the fourth year of our reign”), would still be serving afternoon tea and crumpets on some immaculate Jewel-in-the-Crown cricket pitch in Ceylon.

The United Arab Emirates would still be a disunited bunch of subsistence Arab tribes grateful for the protection … Seguir leyendo

By David Ignatius (THE WASHINGTON POST, 24/02/06):

“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.” The acidulous wisdom of Mark Twain speaks to us across the ages, and never more than this week during the great congressional mobilization to save America’s ports from the dreaded hand of Dubai.

The furor over Dubai is misplaced on so many levels, but let’s start with the supposed terrorist threat. Military and CIA officials will tell you privately that the United Arab Emirates is among the most effective intelligence partners the United States has today … Seguir leyendo