"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:30:55 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

There are so few viable reasons for this.

Well, actually, there are. This Dubai company is the largest in the
world and actually is a fairly responsible company.

From a business standpoint, it makes perfect sense.

I agree, sort of. For centuries, the shipping biz has been dominated by the
British and the Dutch. I'm not questioning anyone's business acumen here.
Last night, the news indicated that Bill Frist wanted to slow down the deal,
just to take a closer look at it. Bush doesn't even want THAT to happen.
Something stinks. Or, it could be nothing more than him being defensive
because he's getting flak from his own people on other ideas, too, and he
wants something, ANYTHING to fly without interference.