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I think it's foolish to assume that Bush made these decisions without any sort of thought process involved. So apparently, people now believe the liberals, and agree that Bush can't think on his own? How about we get the facts first. Here's some interesting things to consider:

1. The UAE is on our side on the war on terrorism. We need to keep them on our side.
2. Security is still completely run by the Department of Homeland Security.
3. The critics, including the Republican critics all have political points that they hope to gain by calling Bush an idiot. Democrats hope to look like they are big on security. Rather though, they will just look like a bunch of racist.
4. The deal has been extensively examined by the administration. I believe that.

Bush said something interesting: "They ought to listen to what I have to say about this. They'll look at the facts and understand the consequences of what they're going to do. But if they pass a law, I'll deal with it with a veto."

" The UAE is on our side on the war on terrorism. We need to keep them on our side."

As in "give us your port contracts or we'll start sending bombs over in shipping containers?"

Not terribly persuasive, given the circumstances.