I can ask the same question about the Longshoreman that will actually be doing the loading and unloading. Thanks to thier union they have that power over us at every single terminal at every single port.
You do realize that outside of management in the home office in Dubai, that every single employee at the actual ports will be an American right? You do know that DPO COO is an american don't you? You also know that out of thier entire Board of Directors, exactly ONE person is from the UAE (albeit he is the CEO), every other board member is American, British, Dutch or Indian.
This is an international company, it is not a bunch of Arabs that will be suddenly running around our Ports. DPO runs Terminals at ports all over the world. They have not been tied to one single terrorist network or incident in thier entire exsistance.
The UAE even allows us to Station DHS and Customs agents AT THEIR HOME PORTS to inspect cargo and manifests. They did this voluntarily after a story a couple years ago that UAE ports might have been a transit point for scientific equipment going to Libya I think.
I've been thinking about Iraq and the reasons we've been given to go to war.
Like possible weapons of mass destruction. Aiding Al-Quida. Radical Islamic influence. Refusal to recognize Isreal. Transit point for terrorists. Relationship with Bin Laden.....
Oh, nevermind, that's the UAE.
In other words, we had more reason to attack the UAE than Iraq!