[libstripper]

His firmness on this astounds me, especially in the face of nearly unanimous opposition from both sides of the aisle and the fact that he's never before vetoed any legislation, not even the abominable McCain-Finegold monstrosity. That leads me to think, like you, that there's something deeply serious and entirely confidential going on here. Could it have to do with some kind of surprise military action planned against Iran???

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

"....and the fact that he's never before vetoed any legislation, not even the abominable McCain-Finegold monstrosity

Oh man, I don't know how I feel about this deal. Each side presents seemingly valid arguments. One minute I am for, the next I am against. I will have to get a better understanding of the facts.

Port operations aside, when I heard of the veto threat, CFR jumped front and center in my mind. I support the President but want to ask "Gee, Mr. President, where was the veto pen when CFR was passed?"

[TheCrusader]

"That leads me to think, like you, that there's something deeply serious and entirely confidential going on here. Could it have to do with some kind of surprise military action planned against Iran???"

I doubt that very much. Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to just compensate Dubai directly for their allowing us to use their land as a base of air operations against Iran?

I just don't see this as being good for America. It's hard enough to keep terrorists out of our country, we don't need to pay a pro-terrorist, Arab muslim country from the middle east to help us handle port security on our eastern seaboard. It's insanity.

[pollyannaish]

EXACTLY. In my opinion, we just might be cutting some kind of deal. All I'm saying is that right at this moment we don't know what the contract is, we don't know why he is so serious about it...we just don't know anything but hysteria.

Good observation.