First off, DPW will not be taking over any port. They will be leasing terminals at US owned and operated ports.
Second, we have home grown terrorists, so should we stop dealing with US companies? DPW had nothing to do with 9/11 and neither did the UAE Government.
"Second, we have home grown terrorists, so should we stop dealing with US companies? DPW had nothing to do with 9/11 and neither did the UAE Government."
Objection to DPW running port operations in these places is not about NOT POLICING for security risks; it's about eliminating unnecessary risks where they can be removed. Why would we add one more item to check to an already lax port security system?
We have this one side arguing that since they're already there, nothing is wrong with keeping them there. We have another, much smaller side, arguing that they're a bunch of A-rabs and we need `em out out out! And there are those of us who simply point out that, as Krauthammer admits, that this is one more risk we don't need to take. Krauthammer says that having made the deal, we need to go through with it. I say that, having made mistakes, we need to correct them, and remove security risks like the UAE and Hutchison-Whampoa as well as any other foreign operators in our ports. Simply have American companies run the ports, and there will be no issues with discrimination--we'll just eliminate from consideration everyone who isn't American, at least when it comes to managing national security assets. After all, the government does that in hiring for its most sensitive jobs, every single day.
This whole thing is starting to remind me of the McCarthy era. Except that this time, I feel like most of the GOP is on the wrong side.