Doesn't our military ships use these Ports??? For that reason alone this deal should be scrapped!
Actually, they don't. Our military ships make far more port calls in the freaking United Arab Emirates itself in a typical month than at all of the six ports that included in the DPW/P&O deal in the last ten years.
We also have a large air base in the UAE that, from a strategic standpoint, we can't aford to lose. The base is there to protect our oil interests and our shipping interests in the region. We need to think of the consequences if we scuttle the port deal.