Former Secretary of State for the George W Administration gave a speech at a business forum in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). I suspect the reason Powell is no longer with the Administration is his disagreement on how to handle the War on Terror.

First of all, what in God’s name is Powell doing in the UAE? The UAE is not exactly a beacon of democracy. Indeed the UAE is actually ruled by the hereditary Emir of Abu Dubai.

Let me jog your memories. The Emir is the direct owner of DPW. DPW is the company that almost had U.S. approval to operate Commercial Ports on the Eastern Seaboard.

The State Department describes the UAE as a vital partner in the fight against terrorism. But the UAE, a loose federation of seven emirates on the Saudi peninsula, was an important operational and financial base for the hijackers who carried out the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the FBI concluded. (WashingtonPost.com)

The DPW deal was taken off the table. Although the government is officially an ally on the War on Terror, its citizens have blocks of sympathy for Islamofascist terrorists.

Spin your wheels to the present and Colin Powell is telling an Arab audience that President Bush needs to do a better job in reaching out to Arabs and Mohammedans. Powell is actually concerned we are giving a bad message to the Arab and Mohammedan world by not stroking them as the Appeasement minded Europeans do.

Come on Powell! I think Americans need to think more of the impression the Arab and Mohammedan world is giving Americans. Can we say multiple acts of Terrorism that stretches from hijackings to 9/11. Then there is the rabble rousing by the Mullahs and Clerics that teach there people to hate America as the great Satan. That is what President Bush needs to be mindful of.