This is how FNC, the largest of the cable news channels and the most 'conservative', is prefacing the story:
WASHINGTON — A company in the United Arab Emirates is poised to take over significant operations at six American ports as part of a corporate sale, leaving a country with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers with influence over a maritime industry considered vulnerable to terrorism.
Maybe you should tell us exactly why average americans shouldn't at the very least feel some apprehension regarding this news?
Or should we accept the brow-beating and mau-mauing by the more 'enlightened' among us & just shut up?
", leaving a country with ties to the Sept. 11 hijackers with influence over a maritime industry considered vulnerable to terrorism."
heck that is such a vague statement it could be applied to germany, and if we include residences and banking the US as well.
time to go through siemans out.
I have no control over what FOX or anyone else publishes about this issue. I do know that the phrase " is poised to take over significant operations at six American ports" simply means the company they are buying does a significant amount of business at the ports.
YES Americans should feel apprehensive about how this is being portrayed because it is NOT BEING PORTRAYED ACCURATELY!
My first take on this deal was ....WTH???? But my common sense told me there was no way in hell Bush would let a foreign company 'take over' security at our ports! So I had to spend some time getting to the truth of the matter which is simply, the UAE is buying an existing company that has done business at our ports for some time and NOTHING will change from the way this company has been doing port business.