Last week, I listened in as President Bush rushed out to inform the press and public that his Dubai deal was just dandy and we should once again trust him. Later we learned that Bush had just become aware of the Deal himself and was as uninformed on the details as you or I. We were told that there was no security threat and we should just go about our business.
This got me thinking. "What ever happened to "they just have to be right once. We have to be right all the time.?"" How can anyone look at this deal and say there is no security threat? And it is irrelevant on who is running the actual security show. Whether it be the Coast Guard (who questioned the deal themselves) , the pinkerton guards or the keystone cops. As anyone who's ever needed to get anything in a hotel room that was, say "off the menu", you wouldn't go to the hotel manager, or the security guards. You would go to the bellman, the valet, or one of the "workin stiffs." Why? Because those are the people who can make things happen, who are connected and who make their real living off of "taking care of things."
So I could care less who is running the show. I know as someone who has spent some time in the counterculture how things really work, despite what the "suits" wanna believe. Remember how many things you got away with in school? The teachers always thought they knew everything, but they didn't. Let's stop kidding ourselves.
Furthermore, I got to thinking. What if it was President Gore or President Kerry making this deal? How hard would they be getting pounded? I think it's safe to say that the word "impeach" would be rolling off more than a conservative's tongue. Of course, those red stater's probably wouldn't have made it this long without bringing charges. I would imagine the NSA spy case would have drawn the same fire, as would leaking classified information for political gain. How bout being dead wrong on just about everything in Iraq? Abu Girab would have brought out the human rights activist in even Tom DeLay. I wouldn't be surprised if Jack Abramoff would have been lobbying for the prisoners....maybe even "pro-bono." Nah......lol
But back to the point. This dubai deal is just not smart. It only takes one guy to flip. And with all of the fortunes in the middle east just waiting to be used for bribery, I don't imagine it would be that hard. Its easy to find guys who are big time in debt, or addcted to drugs, gambling, sex or other vice on any street in america. Does anyone think our dock workers are immune from such shortcomings?
Let's suppose that the deal went through. And let's assume that absolutely no arab workers would ever set foot on those docks. That won't be the case, but for this scenario, let's say it is. The arab company and UAE goverment (who owns the company) would now have access to all the layouts, scheduling, and tendencies of each and every one of those ports. Even though we say searches are random, any good statistician or psychologist knows most "random" events are not. And i'm guessin there are a few math and psych wizzes over there too.
Also, they would know all the names, addresses, phone numbers and other personal info on americans and other people working in and around these sensitive areas. If not officially, i'm guessin Al Queda has a few computer hackers in their ranks as well. So now they would know the "lay of the land" ( the joint would be cased) and they would be able to get to people who weren't neccesarily terrorists to ensure the delivery of the packges they so desperately want to detonate on our soil( the fix is in). And as we all know, the bribed or flipped indidual, or individuals wouldn't necessarily know they were aiding terrorists. A junkie could be bribed on the premise of a shipment of drugs coming in. Patsies are rarely aware of the bigger picture.
Possible? I think so. Probable? Who knows. But if I can think it up, so can they. And they've probably been thinking much longer and harder than I have.