Yes it is knee jerk. Mr. Sanborn has over 30 years of experience in the shipping industry and has worked for many different companies, not just DPWorld, but you wish to condemn him for working only for DPWorld.
The DPWorld acquisition of p&O was an old fashioned and legitimate take over and the Bush administartion had nothing to do with it. If anything your animus should be directed at the P&O shareholders.
OH BTW, if you are so concerned about people taking jobs or money from the UAE when are you going to trash Tiger Woods, for playing in a Dubai tournament earlier this month.
no one is condemning him. He, of his own free will, now wants a government appointment. I want to know what role he had in getting US government approval for the UAE acquisition.
"OH BTW, if you are so concerned about people taking jobs or money from the UAE when are you going to trash Tiger Woods, for playing in a Dubai tournament earlier this month. "
What on earth are you talking about? Tiger Woods is not the USA. His playing in a tournament in Dubai is of no interest whatever. Don't be silly.
As for DP World, it is wholly owned by the government of Dubai. You knew that, right? I'm sorry, but this deal is just plain wrong, and Sanborn's appointment is just plain wrong, given the deal.
That you bring Tiger Woods playing in a tournament in Dubai into this discussion is absolutely ridiculous. I don't follow golf. I don't care where Tiger Woods plays. Tiger woods is not a threat to our national security. Container cargo is a potential threat to our national security. Our seaports are a potential place where anything can be brought into our nation.
Don't give me silly arguments. If you have a positive argument, make it. Otherwise you have nothing whatever to say.
What on earth does Tiger Woods golfing in Dubai have to do with our national security?