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I don't like the deal on the surface, but the people on both sides who pretend to care about the ports have no idea who runs them.

If you do not know the totality of our port situation, educate yourself.

That's what I am trying to do.

There's a reason there is no U.S. company managing these ports and it's because no such company exists.

It's hard to prevent outsourcing when there is no American company to source to.

There's a reason there is no U.S. company managing these ports and it's because no such company exists.

the ila controls the ports, don't you know...makes no difference whose names are on paper....

If you do not know the totality of our port situation, educate yourself.

No can do.

I think if you're walking down the path of "knowing the totality," then you also need to consider Hutchinson, Maersk, PSA International (the other P&O bidder), and all of the other global port operators who have U.S. interests. That's a tall order, something fit for several years of reasearch by a Wall Street analyst. Good luck.

But where all this (impossible) effort brings you is right back to the beginning, the very simple question of "what difference to our security does it make who operates an American port terminal"?

And the answer is "none", since security is run by TSA and the Coast Guard.

By the way, the consensus we've seen so far from container/shipping experts and professionals, and from Wall Street analysts, is that this is a big yawn. Do you think they're all ignorant as to security considerations? I don't.