[Fishrrman]

Hermann the Cherusker writes:
This is such stupid hysteria. Here in Philadelphia, where they are allegedly being "given our port", they are actually going to manage a single warehouse and wharf at Tioga Marine Terminal used mostly to import fruit from South Africa and Chile.

One nuke, one container, one ship, one warehouse, on an out-of-the-way wharf.

How much do you need?

- John

[CharlesWayneCT]

That's all you need, but nothing in this deal makes that more or less likely.

The issue isn't how many ports, it's whether DP World owning P&O has any negative impact on security. The experts all say it doesn't. The people who have access to the information necessary to evaluate that question say there is no negative security impact.

The opponents say that because UAE has a checkered past, we can't let them own the P&O company. But they haven't offered any evidence that DP World is an actual threat. And in fact, all the evidence says that they are NOT a threat.

So the opponents say that in the future they might be a threat. Yea, but we don't make decisions based on hypothetical futures. There is no evidence that DP world will become a threat -- just as there is no evidence that P&O wouldn't have become a threat.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

And why is this suddenly more likely with the American mangement of a UAE owned company?