A Republican administration -- almost daily accused of talking down to "the people" -- somehow feels no need to reveal how its own familiar world of transnational corporations works. Much less does anyone up on Olympus explain to us mere mortals below why our long-term strategic interests would remain safe with ports owned by Dubai's government.
Ok, I'll accept this, The WH was blindsided by this, and they should not have been. There are large portions of our side of the aisle for whom nothing good can come from the Arab world, and for some the ultimate solution the the worlds problems is for America to raise the drawbridge, lower the portcullis, and man the barricades.. To say they are simplistic would be a MAJOR understatement.
The result of still more of this Harriet-Meyers "trust me" approach is that the ports deal is pilloried as near traitorous by prairie-fire conservative talk radio, blogs and cable news. The administration apparently never thought that the hyped caricature of Arabs guiding cranes on our docks was going to provide good fodder.
I am VERY disappointed in the likes of Bill Bernnet, Hugh Hewitt for opposing this deal. They should know better, that the Michael Savage's of the world opposed it comes as no suprise, but then what do you expect of a demagogue.
So am I. While I am definitely not a UN-supporting kumbayah globalist, I recognize that America has to exist on the planet as it is now, not as Buchananites would wish it to be. We have to have allies. We have to interact with other countries. We have to respect countries that want to work with us, and not instill fear against them unreasonably.
Bill Bennett is uninformed on so many issues that I cannot listen to him. Hugh Hewitt's position was a big disappointment. Savage is a barking dog, AFAIC.
"I am VERY disappointed in the likes of Bill Bernnet, Hugh Hewitt for opposing this deal"
Wasn't Hannity against as well? Regardless... the buck stops at the White House. It was a PR bungfungle. I was against from the start.