It doesn't matter if it's one port terminal, or one harbor slot, or 25 terminals.
The outrageous thing is that the UAE leadership remains wed to the Wahabi philosophy. NO attempt has been made (and never will) to reign in UAE's Maddras' schools which the former Sec.Navy said still teaches 80-percent of UAE citizens.
These govt. sanctioned Wahabi Maddras schools still preach that Muslims have a moral obligation to conduct Jihad against Americans and other infidels.
Yes, the UAE govt. "changed" after 9/11 and became more pro-Western, but that was out of self preservation. How long will that last if push comes to shove?
These UAE people are not so stupid as to give up their oil revenues (sales to the USA) or their business dealings (port deals) just because we are infidels (or whatever)
If I were a Jihadist/Wahabi terrorist, I'd take every single dollar and every bit of knowledge from the USA that I could, and save it for that time when the Islam nations truly confront the West.
FINAL THOUGHT: I have stuck by GWA on every issue since 2000 (I even sympathized with his awful Harriet Miers selection and GWB's awful border plan) but this port deal pushed me off the reservation.
Our borders are being over run, we are selling vital businesses to alQaeda sympathizers, and we are failing to profile like we should.
I can never support the Democratic Party but neither will I support the Republicans until new leadership comes along, or until GWB administration changes its ways.
Should we have intervened to make sure that PSA* - won the bidding for the British company P&O instead of allowing the British company to sell to DPW?
(*the Singapore government's company which has worked together with the Red Chinese on shipping/terminal deals)
You did know, of course, that UAE is running out of oil, and some of the constituent states ran out years ago. They are into "investment", necessarily in the West because that's where the good stuff is.