Was Dubai after Harriet Myers? I remember those were the first two Bush second term screwups. It got worse after those. I agreed with Dubai as policy but was amazed by Bush's mishandling of it. He tried to sneak it through and could not explain it.
As far as Dubai as a policy I have always found Cavuto as very rational and serious and he and Rush explained how the new deal called for Dubai to add a number of security procedures for free that the Teamsters would charge a fortune for. But the radio lynch mod characterized it as selling our ports to the terrorists, which made no sense. Bush was no place explaining it.
No he didn't. It was handled by a committee responsible for those policies. Until Schmuckie Schumer started screaming about it, it was handled as routine.