Emirates rejects Delta apology over chief's 9/11 claims

So, the old 9/11 card doesn't work as well as it used to. Go figure.

" It’s a great irony to have the UAE from the Arabian Peninsula talk about that, given the fact that our industry was really shocked by the terrorism of 9/11, which came from terrorists from the Arabian Peninsula,” Anderson said. "

It is true that the terrorism of 9/11 came from the Arabian peninsula, and specifically from Saudi arabia. But to bring that fact into a discussion about airline subsidies is stupid. That sounds like grasping at straws.