um. no.
my initial reacion to this sale was quite negative, but I am beginning to come to the conclusion that there are no security risks worth mentioning as a result of the deal.
that being so, I can support a brief hiatus for investigation and public explanation, but cannot "protest" the actual sale.
The UAE have, since 9-11, been our allies - and, for that region at least, have been pretty steady allies.
The people who are protesting the loudest are the ones who don't understand. It's a business transaction between two companies. The UAE has been very helpful to the U.S. General Franks has faith in the UAE. He's been around the block plenty of times, and he has more knowledge of an enemy vs. an ally in his thumb than most regular folks could understand in a year. What I'm saying is..... calm down. THINK. This UAE company has ports all over the world. Why would they want to jeopardize that?