I have yet to see a meaningful argument with evidence that a foreign based terminal operator does a worse job than a domestic based terminal operator when it comes to port security.
Where is the comparison between selling your mother for profit and CSX selling off their container terminal operations to focus on their domestic buisnesses? Show me where national security has been compromised?
Elaine: "You know, admitting another man is attractive doesn't mean you're gay."
George: "It doesn't help."
Having a foreign-government-owned or partially foreign-government-owned company anywhere near the controls of a major part of American infrastructure does not sit well with this conservative. It's especially unsettling when the governments involved (or its population) is hostile to the West in general, or to America specifically.
I didn't like it when COSCO took over in Long Beach, and I don't like this company taking over now. That there are no American companies willing to take on this business because they can be more profitable doing other things is not an argument for foreign companies to manage our ports---it's simply further proof that capitalists of any nationality are in business to make money. No capitalist is going to take on this sort of business, and lose money, because of altruism.