[Andy from Beaverton]

Earlier today, Carl Limbacher from NewsMax posted 'Saudi Shipping Company Runs 8 U.S. Ports", but pulled the post.

[muawiyah]

The first story out identified TERMINALS as PORTS. I suppose to a degree a single terminal is a port, but this very much distorts the issue.

[Democratshavenobrains]

I'm sure the Dems will assume the ownership only occured under Republican Presidents.

[Smartaleck]

So is the hysteria from ignorance or bias?

Note: they came in to operation under CLINTON. Where was the co-pres then?

[Quick Shot]

Like that the use the "Control" term. Does anyone know how these places operate. They move containers. A truck or train delivers them sealed, and they put them on the ship. Then when they come in they unload the ship and put the containers on trucks or trains. Nothing more. They do not load the containers they do not unload the containers. Customs performed before and after they touch the container. Once it is in their yard it is already through customs, to get out they need to go through customs.

The Hannity's of the world need to wake up and see how this operations really work and they would shut up. They are pumping a lot of money into the ports. In Jacksonville the Japanese are spending billions to expand the port. Is that a problem?

[Echo Talon]

Stupid dems, NO ARABS UNLESS YOU'RE SAUDI! err ummm isn't that were 15 of the 19 hijackers came from.... lol ya know if you use their argument

[Fruitbat]

Since our ports are our "Achilles heel," can anyone defend any company that presently runs our ports?

From Political Aurora:

...the fact remains that it is very easy to sneak men and material through the ports. The Coast Guard and CBP do the best they can, and they've certainly made light years of progress since 9/11, but the gateways to the sea are still America's Achilles heel when it comes to homeland security.

[sully777]

I'm as outraged as the time I found out the UAE deal would control 6 major ports. My outrage was trumped when it was revealed the actual number was 21.

I guess I'm consistently xenophobic, racist, and anti-globalist. And it certainly shows that I am ignorant of just how far and how deep this crap is.

[sully777]

I notice in your picture of the freighter that the WTC is in the background. Let's truly remember 9-11.

[Wasanother]

They have a shipping subsidiary stationed stateside with 2 offices. They probably don't own or lease the ports but probably lease the terminals because of type of barge specific equipment.

http://www.nscsaamerica.com/marine_term.htm

[hedgetrimmer]

This is the direct effect of globalization. It is the desired effect for the globalists. In the early 1990s it was decided by the government and the french NGO, the OECD, that US ports generated too much wealth for America. So Bill Clinton, in that most famous phrase of the "free traders" decided to "level the playing field" with the rest of the world. Working with his VP, Al Gore, they began "reinventing government". One "reinvention" was the sale of US port facilities, which up until that time were considered too sensitive with respect to national security to allow foreign governments or foreign interests to operate. So this is a recent phenomena in the history of the US and can be turned back, in spite of the globalists screaming that 'globalization is inevitable'.

Globalists, "free traders" whatever you call them care nothing for nations, or OUR nation. Nations and national security get in the way of their 'supply lines' doncha know.

[Grampa Dave]

A little more stuff to throw into the Port Stew Mess.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Late last week the Harper government in Canada green-lighted the UAE port deal. DPW will effectively start operating the port in Vancouver that P&O operated. Harper's government couldn't figure out all the hysteria going on south of the border.

[firebrand]

Would these all become illegal, along with others, if Hillary's bill becomes law?