Podcast on War, Assimilation and Homeland Security
Back by popular demand (over 125,000 downloads and counting on each episode)--we are talking yet again to Jim Dunnigan and Austin Bay on war issues, how technology affects assimilation, and Homeland Security, including a discussion of the Port controversy. We have Democrats acting like hawks and Republicans broadcasting their independence from Bush--is it politics as usual or a real concern for safety issues? Or something else? Tune in and find out. Click here to listen or subscribe on iTunes. And there's a low-fi version for dialup users here. An archive of podcast episodes is here.
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posted by Helen at 7:33 PM
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And why does the White House insist on claiming 6 ports in this deal when there is actually 8?
British Shipping newspaper Lloyd's List reported (Feb. 20) that 2 more ports are up for grabs in the deal which are actually major U.S. MILITARY shipping ports, apparently granting Dubai agents access to MILITARY SHIPPING MANIFESTS.
Their contract with the United States Surface Deployment and Distribution Command would provide stevedoring [loading and unloading] of military equipment at the Texan ports of Beaumont and Corpus Christi through 2010.
According to the journal Army Logistician "Almost 40 percent of the Army cargo deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom flows through these two ports."
White House spokesman, Scotty, LIED TODAY IN HIS LENGTHY PRESS CONFERENCE . . . .AND ALSO failed to state the $708 million allotted for maritime security over the past four years amounted to only one-fifth of what the port authorities had identified as needed to properly secure the ports. At least according to that the president of the American Association of Port Authorities.
The Congress members who are not protesting this issue are the very ones that are pushing the "trade agreement" with UAE quid pro quo.
The Inter Press Service highlights exactly what's at stake, quoting a conservative activists who admits that this is all about trade:
"The United States' trade relationship with the UAE is the third largest in the Middle East, after Israel and Saudi Arabia. The two nations are engaged in bilateral free talks that would liberalise trade between the two countries and would, in theory at least, allow companies to own and operate businesses in both nations. 'There are legitimate security questions to be asked but it would be a mistake and really an insult to one of our leading trading partners in that region to reject this commercial transaction out of hand,' said Daniel T. Griswold, who directs the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, a Washington-based libertarian think tank."
Just last year, Congress approved a U.S. taxpayer-funded loan by the Bush administration to a British company to help build nuclear technology in Communist China. Despite major security concerns raised - and a legislative effort to block the loan - Congress's "free traders" (many of whom talk so tough on security) made sure the loan went through so as to preserve the U.S.-China free trade relationship that is allowing lawmakers' corporate campaign contributors export so many U.S. jobs.
There is no better proof that our government takes its orders from corporate interests than these kinds of moves.
That's what this UAE deal is all about - the mixture of the right-wing's goal of privatizing all government services (even post 9/11 port security!) with the political Establishment's desire to make sure Tom-Friedman-style "free" trade orthodoxy supersedes everything.
This is where the culture of corruption meets national security policy - and, more specifically, where the unbridled corruption of on-the-take politicians are weakening America's security.
Just a technical point, what I could not do (I was listening on Windows Media Player)was get a reading on how long the pod cast was and to be able to stop it and come back later to listen again. Alot of times I may not have the time to listen all the way through in one setting. Now this was my first pod cast and there may be a way to do all of this, but I just figured I would point that out.
I'm curious, what equipment do you use to record a telephone call?
Bruce K:
The post is here:
http://instapundit.com/archives/027921.php
It seems to me one of the things people keep missing is the economic interest the UAE has in Syria, Palestine, and Iran. My bigger concern is pumping money into a country that provides capital to a Hamas controlled government. The President's defneders often accuse his detractors of being short sighted and not seeing the larger long term effects of the GWOT. Why then do we continue to ignore that any profit to the UAE (whose only cares about money) could wind up in the wrong hands?
This whole thing is very upsetting , what are they thinking ..
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That's my favorite Kuperberg post yet!
I absolutely love your podcasts, my only problem is that the volume level is so low. I have to completely crank up my iPod and listen in a relatively quiet setting.
Keep it up, it is great!
I have thus far listened to three of your podcasts: both with Austin Bay an Jim Dunnigan as well as the Norah
Vincent editon. All three were exceptionally interesting. I now have Ms. Vincent's book on my upcoming reading list. For what it is worth, my job entails conducting interviews that are often much like those you have done. You have mastered an art that many of us struggle with. You are able to discern when to ask questions (whether to gather further info or whether to redirect the conversation) and when to let your guests speak with minimal interruption. Well done. Please keep the podcasts coming.
Glenn -- Thanks for the pointer to the technical info.
Many thanks for another great episode! I'm positively hooked and look forward to further interesting & informative treats from you and your guests!
I don't know what I find more charming; the interplay between you and Glenn, or the fact that both of you stand back and simply let the guests be heard. In an era of annoying clutter (of opinions and egos), such a style is incredibly refreshing!
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