February 15, 2007
LUCKILY THE NATIVISTS DON'T HAVE AN ATTENTION SPAN THIS LONG:
Ports Deal Could Fail, Say Top Execs (Neil King Jr., 2/15/07, Wall Street Journal)
The two top executives behind the controversial effort to have Dubai Ports World divest its U.S. holdings warn in a barbed letter today that an unprecedented $84 million approval fee being requested by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will doom the sale.Dubai Ports World is trying to end a long-running political saga by selling its U.S. holdings at six major U.S. ports to AIG Global Investment Group, but the Port Authority threw a wrench in the deal this week by demanding an $84 million payment to approve the lease transfer for the port of New York/New Jersey.
Just drop the deal. No one cares any more. That emotion wore off. Posted by Orrin Judd at February 15, 2007 1:53 PM
Comments
"No one cares any more. That emotion wore off." The election was over. The "flap" was to highlight Bush's sleeping at the wheel allowing Arabs to control our ports. Now the election is over, the MSM can shelf the issue for more opportune times.
Posted by: ic at February 15, 2007 6:11 PM