DH Lawrence of Arabia?
February 28, 2006 at 1:26 pm
Speaking on “Fox News Sunday” about the UAE/ports controversy, Joe Biden said: “The fact of the matter is that there are some people — I’m sure this is anti-Arab bashing.”
Perhaps he had in mind New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, who wrote:
“Those clever dudes from Dubai may not only change the composition of America’s harbors and ports but, next up, America’s poetry. Soon it’ll be: By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining big sea water - stands an Arab. … But the United Arab Emirates, doorkeepers to the United States of America? Think a hungry Persian cat at the entrance to a mouse hole. Some say this has the aroma of a garbage truck stalled on a street in August. I, naturally, wouldn’t say that. I am too diplomatic to risk angering…”
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