However, management would be from Dubai. And all it would take would be a few al Qaeda sympathizers in management to make it easier to smuggle ship-borne weapons into this country.
No, management would NOT be from Dubai, it would be from the same U.S. subsidiaries that manage the ports now. THREE levels removed from the UAE government. TWO levels from the DP World company, which has U.S. citizens on its board and as managers and workers both in UAE and in other countries including our country. ONE level removed still from the O&P company that runs the deal now and would still run the deal after the merger.
The only obvious change will be that the company DP World will be out 6.7 billion dollars in the short run, in exchange for getting the profits from operating the ports that they apparently think will be worth the investment. And a bunch of stockholders of O&P will be singing all the way to the bank.
Nobody else thought these contracts were worth that much. But that is economics, not security. This has nothing to do with security.
I'm reserving judgement until more facts come out. I've seen this type of knee-jerk reaction here before. Who knows, one day the knee-jerkers might finally be right, but I'll wait to see before freaking out.
(BTW, I'm not saying you are a knee-jerker, just a general comment.)
And how do you know that the current american companies running the contracts don't already have al qaeda sympathisers, or the O&P company? Why do you think the DP World company is more likely to have sympathisers? UAE is under constant attack by terrorists who don't like their work for us, why would that make them MORE of a problem for you?
"And all it would take would be a few al Qaeda sympathizers in management to make it easier to smuggle ship-borne weapons into this country."
Especially with a socialist criminal psychopath like Bill or Hillary Clinton in charge of the White House.
The fact that Hillary is jumping all over 'stopping' this should be a clue to you.
And this Dubai company would be informed of classified security directives from the DHS, FBI, CIA and InterPol.
The muslims might not BE IN CHARGE of security, but they WILL HAVE ACCESS TO top secret security information that they would pass along to their allies in Al Qaeda, Iran and North Korea.
I can't believe this administration is parsing their words on the situation just like the Klintons do...
How is it any different from the overseas ports that DB world already manages? Don't you get it? It's moot once they are loaded on the ships. All you have to do is get a nuclear bomb loaded into a container. It can be detonated on the ship in port before it's even offloaded for inspection.