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As usual, the corporate media attempts to steer us away from the real situation
behind the wholesale takeover of shipping operations at six major American seaports
by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates. “The president
on Tuesday defended his administration’s earlier approval of the sale
of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. to Dubai Ports
World, despite concerns in Congress it could increase the possibility of terrorism
at American ports,” reports the Associated
Press. “It sends a terrible signal to friends around the world that
it’s OK for a company from one country to manage the port, but not a country
that plays by the rules and has got a good track record from another part of
the world,” Bush said, characterizing opposition as a form of Arab racism,
and thus deflecting the real issue—big transnational corporate
fish eating smaller transnational corporate fish, nothing more than business
as usual, a neoliberal feeding frenzy, in this instance controlled by the UAE
royal family. On its face, it would appear the Bushites have sold U.S.
ports to a country, or rather a decadent royal family. It should be noted that
the UAE is tight with the Free Trade Agreement and last month it was announced
“the US will grant the UAE access to the largest consumer market in the
world,” according to the Bahrain
Tribune. Of course, in order to facilitate this access, it sure doesn’t
hurt to control the ports. So, in short, nothing going on here, just
neoliberal business as usual. So please move on…
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