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up for sale? they are publicly traded, the UAE could begin a campaign to acquire them (hostile or otherwise) any time they wanted.

And??? Does DWP deal in food stuffs and retail services, or ports? Is there a UAE company which deals in that line of business?

yes, with respect to DPW - they want ports. that's not our problem. just because they "want" ports, doesn't mean we have to give them anything they want.

They weren't getting anything, other than the ability to work in the ports. They weren't running the ports or security.

the UAE wanted to buy the world trade center site lease from Silverstein, that CFIUS should approve the deal?

I see no reason why they shouldn't be able to.

Answer me this question. Should the US block container ships from entering US ports which came from the ports of Germersheim in Germany, Constanta in Romania, Puerto Cabello in Venezuela, Puerto Caucedo in the Dominican Republic, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Cochin and Visakha Patnam in India, Djibouti in Djibouti, Adelaide in Australia, Yantian, Shanghai Ji Fa and Tiajin in China and three ports from Hong Kong?

well there you have it.

the ports issue had a 19% approval. go out and try to sell your idea that you would see no problem with the UAE owning the WTC lease. you'll get maybe a 7% approval amongst americans for that.

after 9-11, the US should have implemented a strict policy for the conduct of all foreign port operators. that should happen right now, that should be the positive agenda the administration should pursue after this DPW debacle - instead of calling everyone xenophobes and racists.