They reacted out of FEAR!
It's that simple.
Led by lies and hysteria.
a little fear is good sometimes. if we had had some fear amongst the right people about arab pilots taking flight lessons in early 2001 - 9/11 may not have happened.
read that sentence above a few more times - that point crystallizes the "fear" issue. Fear can be a good thing. I fear alot of things, it changes my behavior on plenty of issues.
Hugh Hewiit, one of the most ardent of Bush loyalists, opposes the port deal. In his stint at the Reagan White House he worked with counter intelligence. It's his opinion the deal creates intelligence opportunities that could be very harmful to our security.
stop it..I opposed the deal...and it wasn't out of racism, I didn't hear Chuckie's interview which apparently caused me to break into a projectile sweat as I, as usual, swallowed his swill, neither did I react out of fear..as far as the lies and hysteria...spare me the hyperbole.