UAE Port Deal

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OK guys, there are 2.5 million people in the UAE. Despite being overwhelmingly Arab, they are actually not all terrorists. It would be both disgusting and terribly damaging to our current image war in the Middle East to disrupt this deal solely because the buyers are Arabs.

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Are you forgetting about 9-11? How many hijackers were from the UAE?

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2/2,500,000 = 0.00008%.

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This is misleading, IMO. First there are way more than two terrorists in UAE. Just look into the nationalities of suicide bombers in Iraq. Second, how many sympathizers have to exist in order to produce one suicide bomber?

These people have to be surrounded by many many many others who feel the same way. They need mosques filled with pro-terrorism clerics and pro-terrorism members. They need friednds I would bet that it's closer to 10% minimum of the country that at least morally (if not financially or otherwise) supports terrorism.

That said, I haven't made my mind up about this deal...I need more info