[MizSterious]

Much as I hope your prediction is wrong, it probably isn't. Did you see all the people on yesterday's threads stating, emphatically, that Dubai wouldn't retaliate?

[Smokin' Joe]

The fact that they have mentioned retaliation, rather than just cancelling contracts and orders may mean they are hoping for resolution of the apparent mental affliction that has overtaken Congress.

Bush will veto. If the pubbies in COngress are stupid enough to override, the repercussions will be very real in economic terms, for starters.

And for all the geniuses on this forum, NO American companies bid on the deal, NOT ONE.

Saying they were going to be running a port is like saying an international airline would run an airport, when they would have only one terminal--same sort of thing.