Well, Dubai is still in the news. The Republicans are right - ownership of the ports by an overseas company isn't going to mean wide-open portals for terrorists. The people at the dock level will still be the same people who have been there for the last few years, and I'm sure they will be the first to blow the whistle if orders come down from on-high saying "Let containers with the letters "BOOM" pass through without examination.
Having said that, the UAE have connections to Al-Qaida that are at least as firm as the ones America used to justify invading Iraq. I'm not saying that we should bomb the place, but out of a score of other possible companies willing and able to do the job, hiring this one seems a little suspect. It summons up memories of the close ties the UAE have with the Bush family, summons up suspicions of closet deals and hands washing each other.
Most of all, it summons up the idea that the Bush government is just playing with us. As in, terror levels are fine for election campaigns and discrediting liberals, but heaven forbid they be allowed to interfere with a Bush making a buck.
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