# I heard on the radio today that Bush is selling (leasing) 6 (?) US ports to the UAE.

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**Created:** [February 18, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-on-the-radio-today-that-bush-is-selling-leasing-6-us-ports-to-the-uae/345033 "2006-02-18T00:19:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-on-the-radio-today-that-bush-is-selling-leasing-6-us-ports-to-the-uae/345033/1 "2006-02-18T00:19:22Z")

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I heard on the radio today that Bush is selling (leasing?) six (?) US ports to the United Arab Emirates. Can’t find that info on CNN or MSNBC. Anyone have a link?

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**Author:** ![6\_6\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e0b2c6/32.png) [@6\_6\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6_6_6)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-on-the-radio-today-that-bush-is-selling-leasing-6-us-ports-to-the-uae/345033/2 "2006-02-18T00:24:05Z")

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[Here](http://kyw.com/local/local_story_048145934.html)

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**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-on-the-radio-today-that-bush-is-selling-leasing-6-us-ports-to-the-uae/345033/3 "2006-02-18T01:17:44Z")

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What could possibly go wrong?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-on-the-radio-today-that-bush-is-selling-leasing-6-us-ports-to-the-uae/345033/4 "2006-02-18T03:06:56Z")

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Bush isn’t doing squat. These are privately owned assets being bought and sold.

There was some pressure on the administration to block the sale on national security grounds. They chose not to interfere.

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**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-heard-on-the-radio-today-that-bush-is-selling-leasing-6-us-ports-to-the-uae/345033/5 "2006-02-18T12:45:11Z")

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Thanks for the info.

I heard something about this on the radio while driving home from work and it sounded more like the caller was a conspiracy theorist had forgotten his meds.