[Junior_G]

We never should have let it reach the point where their assistance and commerce was dependent on them operating our ports. Let them bleat, but keep our ports out of their hands.

[joe fonebone]

"Let them bleat, but keep our ports out of their hands. "
OK..........Who's hands are we gonna put 'in????American companies won't touch 'em ( can't make a buck dealing with the longshoremen and their archaic work rules ) ALL our ports are operated by foreign owned companies. Simple economics, free trade is a 2 way street. Are the most arrogant people on this thread going to deny this? What you are saying to UAE is, go ahead and spend tens or even hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars on american products,but we will not allow you to invest and/or make any money here. The dems have been searching for 5 years to find an issue that most people are completely ignorant of, and will react without reason to. Looks like they finally found it. And, oh, by the way, looks like both the clintooons are making money off of this deal, too. If that don't make you suspicious, then your head is too far in the sand.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Security is in the hands of the US Coast Guard and Customs. Somehow I have more confidence in the opinions of Gen. Miers and Gen. Pace (based upon long experience with the UAE) than the hysterical lunacy of the Party of Treason and nitwit GOPers running around like brainless boobs.

[McGavin999]

Let them bleat, but keep our ports out of their hands.

Yep, and let all those employees of Boeing bleat when they're laid off because of cancelled contracts.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Let them bleat, but keep our ports out of their hands."

And our military bases out of theirs.

That's not good.

There's a whole lot of big time politics being played right now, I don't think we've seen the end of this yet.

[SunStar]

We never should have let it reach the point where their assistance and commerce was dependent on them operating our ports.

BINGO!