[Wolfie]

Beats me how this could happen. Its almost as if someone has been telling us to be afraid of the Arab world for the last 5 years.

[zook]

"Its almost as if someone has been telling us to be afraid of the Arab world for the last 5 years."

It doesn't look that way from where I sit. The President has made it very clear that we are at war with radical Islamists, not the Arab world. We have good relations with UAE, Jordan, and a few other Arab nations.

There is no doubt in my mind that a significant part of the opposition to the port deal was fueled by a combination of Xenophobia and ethnic/racial prejudice. One small indicator of this was the nature of the political cartoons I saw in my local paper--Arab "sheiks" with big noses and turbans looming over or being booted out of New York, for example.

[zook]

After reading most of this thread, I think I might have misinterpreted your remark about "someone telling us to be afraid...." If so, sorry!!

And, for what it's worth, unless there's something I don't know, I think bayourant's error should be forgiven and he should be reinstated.