Yes, he's the Putz King, no doubt. But he was simply using the opportunity to play partisan politics and kick Bush in the ribs. The fact that Bush put HIMSELF in that position is Bush's fault. He should have had the common sense to know that we would never let a bunch of Muslims take charge of our ports. That's just a stupid idea right out of the box.
Bush, unfortunately gave the American people credit for more intelligence than they demonstrated.
If oil is the only economic involvement the ME has with the rest of th world, there is no motivation toward promoting a healthy global economy. They can sell every drop of oil they have even if the world is in turmoil and the economy in recession.
To stabilize the ME, they must develop economic ties and dependencies outside the scope of oil. Then a robust world economy is in their own best interest. The war must necessarily be fought with guns and bombs. It will be won with economics.
Economics has been key to the results of most conflicts. Reagan understood that about the Soviet Union. Our Founding Fathers understood that about Great Britain.
Ignore the role economics plays and the War on Terror will last until the day that we lose.
Exactly , total opportunism. We are seeing a pattern develop in which Bush pushes a globalist/crony agenda, and the Dims move slightly to the right of him to look like "Patriots" rushing in to save the day .
First the ports , then Amnesty, and now the Border Patrol Agents that got railroaded. The Dims are jumping on the bandwagon to free the B.P. agents now that they see they can score political points with this issue .