Among others that are trying to deprive the M&A departments of certain investment banks their bonuses is another Republican congressman, Duncan Hunter, who believes that Dubai "cannot be trusted" because it operates a "bazaar for terrorist nations"
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Interesting that even one of the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation correspondents commented that

80pc of Dubai's 1.5m inhabitants are expatriates. But having been there several times, I'd be happy to bet the country's security forces know a lot more about its foreign workers than Britain does about the 500,000-plus illegal immigrants living here.

I am sure that it isn’t just me that thinks that this has a lot more to do with the re-emergence of protectionism than it has to do with homeland security – rather in the mould the extradition treaty farce that we are currently all so enjoying. When American companies are buying up the rest of the world, free markets are fine & dandy. Now that position is reversing, the protectionists are in the ascendancy & this is the gravest follies with severe implications for us all.

Turn the clock back a few years to the Cold War. That was won not because NATO possessed better air superiority fighters: it was won because the western democracies with there open markets produced better products more efficiently. Hence, whilst our jet jockeys might have been flown the latest bit of kit, society & markets produced an environment that was more appealing to human nature. More communists ultimately wanted BMWs than stockbrokers wanting to live like good party members. And this in the end is how we will win the War against Terror.

Our current battle of ideologies wont be won by soldiers on the streets of Kabul or Bagdhad – it will be won by Walt Disney, wide screen TVs, air conditioning units & microwave ovens, decent housing & shelves full of fresh food. In a war of ideas, the corrosive nature of concepts like freedom of speech, democracy & a decent standard of living that will ensure the einseig. In Europe, this process took a thousand years, in the Middle East & Asia it will take a lot less time, such ultimately is the power of the internet & MTV.

By closing markets to Muslim countries that embrace the free movement of capital, we are sending out a dangerous message to all of those who would fight us – even if you want to join our club, you can’t. Then watch the expediential growth of our problems – this is just what the mad mullahs want so that they can’t justify their message of hatred.

As for Dubai being a haven of terrorism, maybe one or two Congressmen should visit parts of blighty on a more regular basis. Once again, as the Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation pointed out …

The fact that two 9/11 terrorists originated from the UAE should not ruin Dubai's standing on the international stage any more than the United Kingdom's reputation was wrecked when two Muslims carrying British passports turned up as suicide bombers in Israel.