We have been asked by Bush to be uncomfortable with the wide open southern border and "trust him". After all we wouldn't want to offend the citizens of mexico...
Now we are being asked to be uncomfortable with this port deal, so we dont offend one of the only three countries that recognized the taliban...And doesn't recognize Isreal...
Bush can stuff it. Someone else can be uncomfortable this time. If Dubai doesn't like it...Tough.
i)it allowed the US to use its facilities to attack Iran's oil terminals back in the '80s, and the Iranians retaliated by attacking some of their terminals;
ii)they assisted us in Gulf War I;
ii)they assisted us after 9/11 and throughout the war in Iraq.
I'm not saying we ought not to be cautious. And as others have noted, Bush's failure to even address let alone do something about border security doesn't inspire confidence. But if we start treating all Arabs as enemies than we will have a much bigger war on our hands than we have. While I ackowledge the satisfaction the clarity of such an outcome would provide, I doubt is good policy.