[babygene]

"Thanks. Sold out by our own side."

No, the problem is that the WH didn't see this coming. It's not (and never is) the facts that matter in politics, it's the perception... Dumb A$$ Bush blew it.

[LibLieSlayer]

I understand you have the right to disagree with Bush, but calling him a dimb-ass is uncalled for on FR.

LLS

[dalight]

I think you are completely wrong.. I think this wasn't see-able... because it was in the public press for several months.. and was a big yawn...

Rather, something changed.. that made this deal into dry tinder, so that this lobbiest could set a match to it..

This was the Danish Cartoon protests and our own press's despicable response of cowering and submitting. The Danish Cartoon caper.. caused alot of Americans to discover for the first time that Islamist intend to force us to recognize Mohammad as requiring special status above all religions or we would face threats of death and dismemberment for any individual who upsets these people..

For the first time.. people felt the real individual terror of subjugation by Radical Islamists and they were upset. But, this visceral response has no focus, no opportunity to be expressed. So along comes this deal, which was processed routinely in "secret" (as a non-political process) as required by law passed by Congress and this is run as turning over the ownership of the largest ports in the United States to a country that helped plan and finance (gross distortions - Germany, US, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and many other countries would have to fall to the same test.. if all it takes to help is to allow terrorists to have a bank account.. or to cross through.. Germany is where the 4 leaders met and planned 911 details before coming to US.) But, this is what had changed.. why this was all of the sudden obviously a big problem.. because the American public is upset, very upset.. all over these stupid cartoons..

[defenderSD]

This is actually a minor issue for the US government, which is why the White House didn't anticipate all the media uproar. There are thousands of corporate acquisitions in the US every year and they are reviewed for security concerns by the appropriate agencies. Very few would ever rise to the Presidential level, nor should they. This is a manufactured security issue created by the msm to damage the White House politically, and unfortuantely a bunch of excitable and uninformed conservatives were lured into a huge overreaction to this business deal. We conservatives have to stay calm, inform ourselves, and stop creating unjustified blogstorms that play into the hands of the left wingers.