[Willie Green]

Well since Stalin was such a "valuable" ally,
I suppose you wouldn't have had any problems leasing operational control of our ports to him during the war.

[clawrence3]

I would have a problem with the UAE having "operational control of our ports" - the P&O terminals were just 1-2 out of many in each of those ports - so, yes, I wouldn't have allowed Stalin either. I guess the better analogy would be if I think Kennedy should have allowed Kruschev to lease any American port terminals. I guess I would have to say "no" to that as well.

Now, can you answer my question about Ike?