Your second point, is once again based on your FEELING about 'how far' the UAE has come. People with far more factual information than you have (e.g. the U.S. military) have determined that there would have been no added threat to our national security.
Your opinion about how it has been handled is also based on FEELING. You may be right about your feeling, but it is a feeling nonetheless.
As I said previously, there is no logical rationale to oppose the deal. But as you aptly proved, plenty of emotion to base your opposition to it on.
RE: "Your personal desire (i.e. FEELING) that we should not have anyone outside the U.S. own anything inside the U.S. is economically unsound, and completely unrealistic."
Projecting a bit are we? You seem to be rather emotional and not able to carefully read what I wrote. Here, I'll try it again using 8th grade English.
I do not agree with foreign GOVERNMENTS owning things in this country.
I have no problem with foreign CORPORATIONS owning things in this country. By CORPORATIONS I mean in the American sense, government owned don't count.
RE: "Your second point, is once again based on your FEELING about 'how far' the UAE has come. People with far more factual information than you have (e.g. the U.S. military) have determined that there would have been no added threat to our national security."
Actually, I based it on the actual economic structure of the UAE and the way that they partition things into a "friendly to the West zone" where there are more or less normal business rules, and a "baksheesh zone" where the old tribal ways rule. In the latter zone, there is still considerable laundering of suspect funds and movement of aid to the sponsoring states and to terrorists themselves.
RE: "Your opinion about how it has been handled is also based on FEELING."
OK, I will admit that, being an old fart, I do rely on something we in business call a "gut check" from time to time. They don't teach that in MBA school. So, when I put myself in the shoes of the people who are supposed to look at things like this, including, I must concede here to cynical current reality, political downsides, I see that some opportunities were missed. Due dilegence involves more than nuts and bolts. Rookie mistake by someone involved.