Bush Makes A Few Things Perfectly Clear

1) The Bush administration did not look carefully into the Dubai deal because it had decided to sell our ports to the UAE whether the UAE was a security threat or not. 2) The Bush administration knows and does not care that DP World honors a boycott against Israel. 3) The 45-day review is bullshit. The highly vaunted review of the Dubai deal that DP World has agreed to will begin AFTER the deal is signed, sealed and delivered tomorrow. The review as it stands now would be meaningless after the deal is done. Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Peter T. King (R-NY) is proposing legislation to give Congress the right to reject the takeover if the president sanctions it after the 45-day review. King said the administration sees the 45 days as a time to lobby Congress not as a time to investigate security issues. "The administration has to educate itself. They have to conduct a full and thorough investigation,” King said. "Let me just make something clear to the American people," the Prez told reporters. "If there was any doubt in my mind, or people in my administration's mind, that our ports would be less secure and the American people endangered, this deal wouldn't go forward." That’s the problem. There was no doubt in Bush’s mind and there was no doubt in the minds of his administration because they had made a determination to sell our ports to the UAE no matter what. And they asked no tough questions. As Granny used to say, “Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.” The Bush administration has no desire to know about the seamy betrayals and foul alliances that would have been unearthed during a proper investigation of the UAE owned Dubai Ports World. Last night on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, a segment showed Ted Stevens (R-AK) asking Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Jackson if he was aware of the Coast Guard’s classified document which had raised concerns about the Dubai deal. Jackson at first tried to skirt the question. Stevens pressed on saying, “That's not the question I asked you. Were you aware of it?” Jackson said, “At the time it was written I was not. No, sir.” Stevens then asked, “Were you aware of it at the time you passed on the approval of DP World?” Jackson said, “No, sir, I was not.” Stevens asked, “Do you think you should have been?” Jackson said, “In this transaction, in retrospect, I wish I had learned more.” Stevens asked Jackson if he was cleared for that access. Jackson said, “Yes sir.” George W. Bush says "Trust me." Just like GHWBush said to Kuwait, Colin Powell said to the UN, Donald Rumsfeld said to the troops and DP World said to George W. Bush. The circle jerk is complete.