That's what I've been saying. The UAE has some of the best ports in the world and companies that do this kind of work are based there that handle container ports all over the world. People are getting a little paranoid about this one. There are Arabs and Muslims working in sensitive positions in this country by the thousands. If you are going to allow the one, I see no reason not to allow the other. Dubai is not some haven for Al Qaeda (no more than this country is). They even want to build the first commercial spaceport. Doesn't sound to me like a bunch wanting to go back to swinging scimitars and riding on camels. Get real folks! Not every Middle Eastern country is like Saudi Arabia.
If there are Arab muslims in sensitive positions in the U.S. you can bet the farm they've been totally checked out by the FBI, and perhaps even being watched now. But it's impossible to check out all the employees, managers and company security people that will be generated through this Dubai takeover of our ports.
I can well imagine that al Queada is salivating at this turn of events. If they can place just one spy/terrorist at work in each port they will gain an important advantage, because the new Maritime company will be working closely with U.S. Coast Guard and Customs security people, and they'll get to know our security procedures and safeguards.
Even the very liberal President Roosevelt decided on the internment camps for Japanese citizens, to prevent potential infiltrators from passing sensitive information back to Hirohito's empire. We'll never have such camps in these suicidally 'tolerant' times we live in, nor will we have a leader with that kind of testosterone; but that doesn't mean we have to sell part of the security of our seaports to potential enemies. Or does it?