As I warned earlier in this column (http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/cwarchive_031006.html),
a United Arab Emirates company has been given control of some
9 U.S. military facilities. The deal is now official.
According to an AP report that ran in my
hometown newspaper, The Pensacola News Journal, on Saturday,
April 29, 2006, "President Bush has approved the takeover by a
Dubai-owned company of American plants that make parts for
jets and tanks after a review that seems to have satisfied
lawmakers who helped block an earlier Dubai deal." The AP
report also said, "Initial reaction from Capitol Hill was
favorable."
Specifically, the Dubai company takes over
control of at least nine factories, including military
production facilities in Connecticut and Georgia. Dubai
settled the deal for $1.2 billion.
Therefore, Dubai will now take over
operations of factories that produce engine components and
turbine blades for military platforms. Clients include Boeing,
General Electric, Honeywell, and Pratt and Whitney. Please
understand that when we talk about a Dubai company we are
talking about a foreign government!
Unlike the private British companies that
formerly held these contracts, the Dubai company is a state
owned company. Yes, Martha, that means that a foreign
government, a government that has direct ties to terrorists,
is now in charge of several U.S. military facilities! And the
reaction to this foreign takeover on Capitol Hill was
"favorable."
Not only was this Dubai deal received
favorably in Washington, D.C., the mainstream media has
virtually ignored the story. Be honest. How many of you even
knew this happened? The story to which I alluded at the top of
this column came from page 8C of my local newspaper. That's
right. Page 8C. No front page or even second, third, or fourth
page news for this one.
Does anyone smell a rat?
If the American people truly understood the
depth and degree to which America's big business and political
leaders are mired in international commercial activities, it
would probably scare us half to death!
No wonder the Bush administration and
members of Congress allow and even encourage illegal
immigration. No wonder virtually everything we buy anymore is
made outside the United States. No wonder America's factories
are almost all closed down. No wonder it doesn't matter to a
tinker's dam how many letters or phone calls we write to our
lawmakers in Washington. No wonder our congressmen take
frequent "fact finding" trips overseas (at taxpayer expense,
no less). No wonder un-American trade deals such as NAFTA,
GATT, and soon-to-come FTAA sail through the halls of Congress
no matter how unpopular they are with the American people.
Let's face it: for the most part, America's
business and political leaders have sold America down the old
proverbial river! In my opinion, they are no better than
Benedict Arnold!
Now we have a Middle Eastern nation, which
has direct ties to international terrorism, running several
U.S. factories (on U.S. soil) responsible for producing
sophisticated military hardware, and barely anyone in
Washington, D.C., gives it a second thought!
Of course, while the President and Congress
put out the welcome mat for the UAE (and for illegal aliens of
every stripe), they continue to pass legislation (or worse,
don't even worry about legality) creating a Big Brother
society for the American citizenry.
Believe me, the American people are
constantly under Big Brother's microscope, and if you don't
believe it, just try purchasing something over $5,000 with
cash and see what happens to you. In the meantime, these same
politicians, CEOs, CFOs, international bankers, and media
moguls make billion dollar business deals with virtually every
socialist dictator, Marxist government, and rogue regime on
earth on a daily basis!
Until the American people shake off their
infatuation with the two- party system and begin holding their
elected representatives accountable to the U.S. Constitution,
there will be no change in the direction of the country. Big
money interests control both major parties, which is why
nothing changes no matter who is elected.
So, in the meantime, the United Arab
Emirates begins its takeover of 9 U.S. military facilities.
In addition, if you share the lackadaisical
attitude of Congress, you might not want to read a Washington
Times report stating that there are so many foreign companies
controlling American facilities that we cannot even count them
all. The story is located at:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060307-115808-4050r.htm
