I disagree. A dirty bomb or a large-scale chemical weapon explosion would be far more devastating than anything that could be carried by hand. And a large number of security experts believe that if such a weapon does make it here, it would arrive by shipborne-container. It would not even need to be offloaded to be set off. And IMO it would only take a couple of al Qaeda sympathizers being involved with the management of the company to help that happen.
Throw in the fact that the deal is contingent upon not having the second, more rigorous 45-day review and this just doesn't come across right without a far better review and a better defense from the Bush Admin other than the first use of the veto pen.
I have to disagree with you there. There are more than just two steps involved. Dubai Ports is not a shoestring, fly-by-night operation.
Throw in the fact that the deal is contingent upon not having the second, more rigorous 45-day review and this just doesn't come across right without a far better review and a better defense from the Bush Admin other than the first use of the veto pen.
I agree that a more involved review would have been more politic, and I think that the President threatened a veto because he saw that this is just Democrats trying to gin up a long-burning controversy for their advantage.
Exactly. All shipping containers are locked at the point of departure and unlocked when they arrive at the recipient's location. Not all containers are opened at the ports for security reasons. Believe the percentage is rather low.