[R_Kangel]

I am still holding out hope that this whole thing was a staged event by the administration to draw the media, as "Useful Idiots" into a predictable frenzy and then pull out and play some kind of "Gotcha" trump card.

On the other hand, If it isn't then the administration may be caught in a giant hornet's nest without a can of raid.

When it's all over I am hoping some sense will be made of this whole thing.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>I am still holding out hope that this whole thing was a staged event by the administration to draw the media...

You mean, "strategery"? I don't think so. Bush&Company just screwed up royal on this one. The Bush Treasury Dept`s inner agency, the CFIUS agency, didn't handle this properly from the get-go. And Dubya's defiant outrage in that press conference last week started all the BIGTIME criticism of his leadership on this issue. From there on out, it was all down hill for Bush. Its clear the rules need to be changed, ASAP. No foeign entity deserves to have any managemnt control over commercial port of entry operations. None at all. Whether it be the British, the Red Chinese, the Saudi's or the UAE. Commercial operations of American ports of entry should be controlled by Aemricans. Period.