GLOBALIZATION: THE FINAL DEMISE OF NATIONAL SECURITY
PART 3 of 3

 

 

 

Patrick Wood
March 11, 2006
NewsWithViews.com

United Arab Emirates: Home of Dubai Ports World

For instance, consider the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC):

It's no surprise that Morgan Stanley applied for and received a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate within the DIFC. According to Dr. Georges Makhoul, Morgan Stanley�s regional head for the Middle East and North Africa,

The director-general of the DIFC Authority, Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, welcomed Morgan Stanley by stating,

Ideal platform, indeed. Who couldn't grow their business with zero income tax, unlimited foreign ownership and no foreign exchange regulations?

Cities like Dubai are reminiscent of the rebuilding of Japan and Germany after WWII. Since their economic infrastructure was destroyed, they were rebuilt from the ground up with the latest industrial technology, leaving America behind and less competitive in world markets.

On the other hand, both Japan and Germany were a conquered people after WWII. They gave up and "rolled over." The Islamic residents of Dubai (and other GCC countries), by contrast, have not been conquered and most continue to view the U.S. as the "great Satan" that must be eliminated from the face of the earth, along with Israel.

DP World, who will shortly take over operation of 21 U.S. port terminal facilities, is wholly owned by the royal family that constitutes the government of the UAE. This form of government, where a family owns and runs the government, is unknown in the western world. It is the pinnacle of fascism and dictatorship combined.

Most assume that the royal family's riches came from royalties paid on oil production, and this is certainly true. But even that kind of wealth cannot account for the rapid rise of DP World as a top player in shipping and port operation throughout the world.

Records show, for instance, that DP World purchased P&O for $6.8 billion. Only $300 million (5 percent) actually came from DP World -- the rest, $6.5 billion, was provided by Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank AG.

In short, it is the global banking community that enables the corporate expansion of powerful companies owned by close-knit Islamic families in the GCC countries. Without global bank support, there would be no DP World to take over American shipping ports.

Trilateral Support for DP World Takeover

On March 1, 2006, The Financial Times was first to report the story that former U.S. president Bill Clinton (member of the Trilateral Commission) had advised the UAE on damage control when confronted with stiff political resistance over the DP World takeover of American ports. Although it was intimated that Clinton acted in an informal capacity, the article also noted that his overall relationship with the UAE and Dubai is far from casual:

Three days later on March 4, when reporting on Hillary Clinton's claim that she knew nothing of her husband's involvement with Dubai, the Financial Times revealed yet more details about Clinton's relationship to the UAE...

In another instance, the New York Daily News released an article suggesting the White House seeks to defuse resistance to the DP World port takeover by finding a U.S. partner to add to the deal.

Both Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, are members of the Trilateral Commission.

It is likely that this article is only a trial balloon to test public resistance to Halliburton, but even the suggestion that Cheney's ex-employer might be involved identifies Trilateral influence.

Robert Zoellick, also a member of the Trilateral Commission and currently Deputy Secretary of State, was formerly the U.S. Trade Representative. On November 11, 2004, Zoellick announced that the Administration intended to negotiate Free Trade Agreements with the UAE and Oman. In his letter to congressional leaders, he wrote,

Note that Zoellick positions the FTA as the President's initiative, rather than an outright Trilateral Commission policy initiative. In his next sentence, he credits the policy due to recommendations from the 9/11 Commission Report:

Who did President Bush originally appoint to head the 9/11 Commission? None other than original Trilateral Commission member, Henry Kissinger. Kissinger accepted the appointment but resigned a month later amid accusations of "conflict of interest." Bush replaced Kissinger with Thomas Kean, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a director of the oil giant Amerada Hess, and who had business ties to Saudi Arabia and the GCC.

The U.S./UAE Free Trade Agreement started by Zoellick in 2004 is due to be completed in March or April, 2006. This lucrative FTA is in jeopardy if the DP World takeover of U.S. ports does not proceed as planned. This may adequately explain the President's immediate and vehement support of the DP World deal -- to reject the UAE could easily kill the FTA and thus cost billions to global corporations.

Conclusion

As usual, it's about money and not national security. There is clear and abundant evidence that since 1973, U.S. maritime national security has been literally wrecked by the self-serving interests of members of the Trilateral Commission and other global elitists. In every instance mentioned in this report, there was no public disclosure until someone else made it public. In every instance, there was fierce resistance from the U.S. public. If the Constitution, statutes, courts, Congress or the public stood in their way, then other ways were found to get around them.

From this discussion of maritime national security, we can sadly conclude:

When Brzezinski asks, "with how much insecurity can America live while promoting its interests in an increasingly interactive, interdependent world?", one must remember that it was Brzezinski's own policies that brought him to the place of needing to ask the question. Perhaps he is really wondering how much we can take before we break altogether. For part 1 and 2 click below.

[Editor's Note: This article can be read in its entirety, with associated pictures, at The August Review web site]

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Footnotes:

1, DIFC Anniversary 2005 Notes of Success, DISC web site
2, Morgan Stanley Joins DIFC, Trade Arabia, March 5, 2006
3, ibid.
4, Bill Clinton helped Dubai on ports deal, Financial Times, March 1, 2006
5, Bill's ties to Dubai 'surprise' Hillary Clinton, Financial Times, March 4, 2006
6, Dubai & Dubya in dash for lifeboat, New York Daily Times, March 4, 2006
7, U.S. Announces Intent to Negotiate FTAs with UAE and Oman, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, November 11, 2004)
8, ibid.

• Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States
• Lynne V. Cheney, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, wife of Dick Cheney
• Robert Zoellick, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
• Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank
• Paula J. Dobriansky, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
• William J. McDonough, Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; former chairman of the New York Federal Reserve
• William H. Webster, vice-chairman of Homeland Security Advisory Council
• Richard N. Perle, foreign policy advisor to President
• George Bush George H.W. Bush, President George Bush's father
• Catherine Bertini, Under-Secretary-General for Management, United Nations, New York, NY
• Paul Volker, Chairman of the Oil-for-Food investigation at the United Nations
  

• Special pictures of UAE
• Map of UAE and Persian Gulf
• Images of Abu Dhabi, largest city in UAE
• Images of Dubai, home of DP World

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