Port of Call

I'm glad to see that the port story has picked up steam and hasn't been brushed under the rug. It's a weird feeling to be watching TV and agreeing with what Chuck Schumer was saying. He was really the first Senator to publically speak against it and now many other GOP and Democrat Senators have joined the effort.

The problem is that even if Suppose the Dubai Ports World company is squeaky clean today; every employee is saint-like. However, seeing that an Arab company has control of American port security, Muslim jihadists could inflitrate company positions, and then sneak people and bombs into the US. Let's not forget that two 9/11 hijackers were from UAE and much of the planning took place there.

UPDATE: The below is from Drudge. Bush sunk to an all time low in my opinion. Bush doesn't like that the port deal is under fire, so he is basically calling those who oppose it racist. I expect that sort of stuff from Democrats but not Bush. Does someone need to remind President Bush that some of the 9/11 hijackers were from the UAE?

Bush called reports at about 2.30 aboard Air Force One to issue a very strong defense of port deal... MORE... He said he would veto any legislation to hold up deal and warned the United States was sending 'mixed signals' by going after a company from the Middle East when nothing was said when a British company was in charge... Lawmakers, he said, must 'step up and explain why a middle eastern company is held to a different standard.' Bush was very forceful when he delivered the statement... 'I don't view it as a political fight,' Bush said.... Drudge Report