What I am starting to think is that the unions opposing this is the main reason for the all of the stammering, spitting and grandstanding The fact that the change involves a Middle Eastern country is only being used as scare tactics by those who hope that the masses stay uninformed.
Partly. Don't forget, there are some Democrats also using this to attack the President and make themselves look strong on defense.
Then of course there is the Bush is all evil crowd, who can't pass up any opportunity to pile on.
Considering the media has done it's best to misreport this whole story from the get-go, keeping the public uninformed and clueless about day-to-day global business transactions has been quite easy.