[DJ MacWoW]

The same article was posted on the 11th with 89 replies.

Company From United Arab Emirates Poised to Oversee Six American Ports Due to Sale

[Diddle E. Squat]

Thanks for the links. So this is a story that was reported late last year, but on 2/11/06 the AP reports an update, and adds this commentary in the first sentence:

...leaving a country with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers with influence over a maritime industry considered vulnerable to terrorism.

That line seems to sum up the basis for much of the knee-jerk opposition. Since the United States is a country with ties to the Oklahoma City bomber, I guess they're also against a US company operating the ports?

Not that I'm endorsing this deal, but I do wonder who went to the AP and suggested framing the story this way. Maybe the Dems simply got lucky with a story ripe for political exploitation, but I doubt that.