Gee, I'm sure glad we almost sold port security to Dubai. This would have never happened under the competent leadership of some sheik. /sarc
The Port of Miami was not for sale, nor would it ever be for sale (for example).
Many of us who know what the words meant and what the value of the deal really was have begun thinking of the opponents as spokesmen for the International Longshoreman's Union and the Mafia who want to keep total control over every single item in every port in the country.
This would have been a good way to begin breaking the Mafia's back.