[sinkspur]

It is precisely this kind of un-serious, indeed perfectly frivolous, argumentation that has won the proponents of the port deal the scorn of the so-called "little people."

The little people were stampeded; not a word is said about the ports that are managed by Saudi companies, or even the Chinese.

That's why I maintain that the public is both stupid and hypocritical.

[atlaw]

The Chinese are not known for carrying out terrorist attacks in the name of Islam, and the Saudi company you refer to calls on a number of ports and terminals in the US, but does not lease or operate the terminals at which these calls are made.

And I find it curious that you exclude yourself from your contention that "the public is both stupid and hypocritical." Who exactly is this "public"? Everyone who happens to disagree with you?