RE: RE: UAE deal is test of U.S.-Arab relations, experts say

As I'm sure we all have, I've read a variety of quotes from President Bush that sound as if he's actually surprised that nearly everyone across the US political spectrum is up in arms about this issue. That's amazing to me. Since he began his war on terror, he's done nothing but encourage more anti-Arab sentiment here in the US. Whether it's all completely rational or not is another story unto itself. Early verbal misfires in his war — in which he referred to the war as a 'crusade,' etc. — still resonate here as well as around the world. And now he wants the American public to be okay with this Dubai arrangement? Unbelievable. Bush and Co. cannot propagate such widespread fear then have it disappear when it suddenly doesn't work for them.