[presidio9]

Interesting that if you look at the "editorial" sidebar, this article is currently bracketed by two otherwise levle-headed conservatives who are in a panic over this one. Mark Levin, whom I probably respect most after Thomas Sowell was having a conniption on his radio program tonight.

[Echo Talon]

I wonder if any of these people who have shot off their mouths will change their mind when they learn all the facts. or will they just be stubborn and make up some other reason to be against it?

[goldstategop]

The politics of this have been very badly handled by the Administration. They stonewalled on explaining the deal to the American people until the damage was done and allowed the Democrats to pose as champions of national sovereignty. Like Rush Limbaugh said yesterday, making the UAE our commercial partners gives them an incentive not to harbor people who want to hurt us. But there's a political tsunami building and you can't stop it. Usually, the Administration gets its ducks in a row and its beyond me how they didn't see this one coming.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[mathluv]

Tony Snow has had longshoremen call in - nothing will change from current operations. Rush is behind this for the economic stance, and talks about how poor the economic education of this country is.

E.D. just backed off saying UAE would be taking over security. That is not happening.

Who operates our ports around the country now? The majority are foreign owned companies. The three largest companies that 'do' ports are UAE, Hong Kong, and Singapore.