Gen. Tommy Franks tripped up by GOP talking point on port deal

ProSense

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:26 PM
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Gen. Tommy Franks tripped up by GOP talking point on port deal

Edited on Tue Feb-28-06 07:45 PM by ProSense

February 28, 2006

In White House Scramble to Defend Port Deal, Is Support for Israel Being Left Behind?

The White House's "Jewish Public Liaison," a staffer in the Office of Public Liaison, is today circulating a serially misleading set of talking points relating to the Dubai Ports World purchase of American ports.

Perhaps most telling of all of the deceptions is this statement they include from General Tommy Franks, the former CENTCOM Commander under Bush and a featured speaker at the 2004 Republican National Convention:

"I personally believe that we have had no greater ally in seeking a resolution of problems in the Middle East, the Palestinian issue, the Israeli issue, than we have found in the United Arab Emirates." (Fox News' "Hannity & Colmes," 2/22/06)

NO GREATER ALLY???

UAE is seeking peace with Israel?

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(UPDATE: Here is evidence that the UAE is helping to pick up the slack in the Palestinian Authority's budget since Hamas' victory; this funding undermines the effectiveness of international pressure on Hamas to end its terror campaign and recognize Israel.)

http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2006/02/in_white_house_.html

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rodeodance

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:28 PM
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1. the military needs this port--that is why Bush is so pig headed about the

deal.

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:35 PM
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3. Agree. This is a "strategic" deal as well as a "crony business deal"...

Obviously, the lines are drawn.

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oneighty

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:37 PM
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4. Military needs this port.

If our Navy believed for one minute that Iran had even one nuclear weapon the Navy would never enter that port. Sitting ducks. Be worse than Pearl Harbor.

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jeffnjdc

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:33 PM
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2. thanks for the link to us

Edited on Tue Feb-28-06 07:33 PM by jeffnjdc

Bush's pro-Saudi and gulf state royal family policies have long been at odds with his attempts to be seen as pro-Israel.

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:52 PM
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6. Hah hah hah.

"attempts to be seen as pro-Israel."

As if he were anything but pro-Israel.

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:54 PM
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7. you...

can't be both pro-Israel and either be pro-Saudi or pro-UAE.

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ProSense

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Tue Feb-28-06 07:45 PM
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5. Fixed the here is the evidence link. n/t

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