"I don't understand why "americans" who respond to these moronic "polls" are all over Bush for this and they were all as quiet as mice when Slick Willie was letting the RED CHINESE do the same thing at the ports in Long Beach. Sorry folks! I don't get it."
Because the Red Chinese didn't blow up the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, crash an airplane in Pennsylvania, blow off bombs all over the Middle East, Bali, the Philippines, etc. The Arabs and Muslim extremists have. There's an immediate and rational suspicion of Middle Eastern Arabs as de facto, real time, blood and bombs enemies. One can decide, on examination, that doesn't apply to PARTICULAR Arabs and countries, but considering the universal draw of terrorism among Muslim lands, there is a rational reflex of suspicion towards anything involving Arabs and Muslims, and US security.
China, by contrast, is a potential enemy. But there are not thousands dead and Chinese bombs going off all over the world. THAT is why Americans (not "americans") are reacting very differently to the notion of a Middle Eastern Arab sheik owning a controlling interest in port terminal unloading facilities, and the Red Chinese doing the same thing.
And guess who is the Chicomms newest buddies, the Iranians.
Been around long? Ever hear of the Korean or Vietnam Wars? The Red Chinese killed a lot of my American soldier buddies.