The random political thoughts thread

[wendybeth]

I think Moon hit the nail on the head with the observation that it's this Admin's attitude coming back to bite them on the ass. The simple fact remains, no matter how politically incorrect it is, that the terrorists we've been dealing with of late have a few things in common: they are Middle-Eastern and/or Islamic. It's only natural that we would be a bit apprehensive at the prospect of the aforementioned plan. The real threat to this administration would be if terrorists did succeed in carrying out an attack either due to the neglignece of the new port officials, or even worse- with the help of. The Republican party would suffer greatly, and it's that prospect that would embolden the terrorists to throw everything they could into realising a successful attack.

I think the UAE are very much like the Saudi's, albeit they are slightly more liberal. They try to walk a thin line, but if push came to shove they would lean toward their Islamic neighbors rather than the West. It's a reality we need to deal with- Islam will win out over West, right or wrong.