[new yorker 77]

I don't like the deal like most people.

I don't like the hysteria more.

There is an overflow of ignorance here.

If people care about the ports, answer these two questions.

1) How many major ports are there in the U.S.?

2) who controls them?

If you can not answer these basic questions, then you do not care about the ports, you only care about being reactionary to breaking news items.

[MikeA]

Good post. Frankly the hysteria and misinformation circulating about this deal is more dangerous than the deal itself.

[Darkwolf377]

Well put.

I freely admit to knowing nothing about ports, and am only interested because of the controversy, so I am open to learning.

I just wish everyone who's screaming about this thought the same way. All I'm getting here, for the most part, is "the ayrabs is comin!" hysterics.

[Mike Darancette]

who controls them?

Local governments with security provided by DHS. People are confusing ports with individual terminals within those ports.