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Then he could crow how the UAE proved to be a true ally, willing to go the extra mile to ensure our security. They just want to do business with us and help us. This also makes a positive out of a negative, and furthermore, without recrimination, says he was right all along.

The president could have communicated the realities better and he didn't.

That said, it was the many individuals of this country who reacted without learning the facts. They are the ones ultimately responsible for their countries future.

It is they who are the ultimate failures.

That said, it was the many individuals of this country who reacted without learning the facts.

I disagree. The facts were carefully investigated from the first by Frank Gaffney, Congressman Peter King (Chmn, Homeland Security Committee), Duncan Hunter (Chmn, House Armed Services Committee) and those who have distinguished themselves in national security journalism such as Kenneth Timmerman.

And the White House didn't help itself by indirectly smearing them...and all concerned Americans... with the broad tar brush. And they also shot themselves in the foot in a number of other ways.

Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA, Finance Committee Chmn) had explicitly directed to the members and staff of CFIUS that if another potential security-implicated deal arose after the abortive CNOOC China Oil/UNOCAL takeover bid...that he be notified immediately of the issues and the investigatory status. They said they would do so.

He wasn't. He only learned of it after the issue broke in the news. This is beyond inexcusable. This is political malfeasance par excellance' on the part of the administration. They are turning stalwarts into skeptics instead.

Things need fixing, and it isn't the 'conservatives' at fault here. The administration has to honestly look in the mirror.

You never have trouble if you are prepared for it.
--Theodore Roosevelt