[EBH]

Actually it will be if we turn down the deal. With as widely and loudly argued as this is, the ME just might find justification to retaliate on the economic front. Turning down the deal could jeopardize our National Security on a much larger scale.

[THEUPMAN]

I think a very important point has been overlooked in the debate ....from the article ..

"port operation is not all that different from running a very large grocery operation – you have to move a lot of items, some fragile, some time-sensitive, some just plain difficult to move, in a very short frame of time. You have to keep ship traffic flowing "

Security is a lot more then just looking for guys with bombs tied to their butt.
If the port operator decides to cut off the computers one morning, will the Coast Guard be able to step in and make sure that port operations keep running?

Just imagine the impact of these ports shutting down for even a day , much less the time it would take for some other entity to get in there and get things cranked up again.

This is the same issue as being dependent on China for military parts .. it doesn't make sense.

I have had to go in behind a contractor who bailed on a large job before and it takes a lot of time and resources to figure out just what needs to be done to get moving.

This is a security issue.