Just like everyone else I'm trying to sort through the murkiness, but we're not talking about just a private company taking over port operations, we're talking about a company wholly owned by a foreign governmnt.
Others have pointed out how other foreign companies have invested in various U.S. transportation industries, but that doesn't mean it's right.
It is appropriate to be concerned about a foreign nation, particularly an Islamic nation, having influence over our ports and access to security arrangements and vulnerability assessments. Go ahead, call me names, I don't care. It is the experience all over Europe now that giving more Moslem influence over a nation's affairs is a bad thing. If you start taking a politically correct approach to analyzing this situation, you've lost half the battle in a hurry...
Who's calling you names? I'm certainly not. I'm as puzzled by this particular decision as everyone else here. My first reaction when I heard the news was, "WHAT?????? ARE THEY FREAKIN' NUTS??????????????????"
That's still my general feeling, but I'm trying my best to understand what possible reasons there could be for supporting this decision. As of right now, I DON'T!