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"To think that UAE Muslim executives are going to have the same sense of pride and patriotism that I do towards America is simply horsemanure. They will view port security as an overhead cost that should be reduced because it impedes freight movement. The slower freight moves into and out of the port has one effect and one effect only in their eyes, lower profits. Reduce the time spent examining trucks, CONEX boxes, personnel background files and the profits multiply. Hurray! "

Well a port going up in smoke and flames because of poor security will certainly reduce profits won't it. For this reason they will have every incentive to see to it that the ports are secure. The profit motive is good not bad. They run ports in other countries too and if one thing goes wrong because of terrorism their entire multi-billion dollar company will collapse. I happen to believe that they love profit so much that they will do everything they can to make sure the ports are run safely and securely.