Some Arabs are less arab than others

President Bush on Tuesday strongly defended a deal that would let a United Arab Emirates-based company run key U.S. seaports. "If there was any chance that this transaction would jeopardize the security of the United States, it would not go forward," Bush, who has yet to veto a bill during his administration, warned that the United States is sending "mixed signals" by attacking a Middle Eastern company after the American ports had been run by a British firm for several years. Lawmakers who have called for the deal to be blocked need to "step up and explain why a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard," he said.


Because the British aren’t major supporters and exporters of terrorism? Because the 9/11 terrorists were from the U.A.E.? Suddenly he likes arabs? Oh, just special arabs.

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