[ QUOTE ]
The message being sent by the outcry in the U.S. over this to the Arab world, America thinks all Arabs should be suspected of terrorism as well as not worthy of trust and cooperation. Xenophobia rears it's ugly head and the Democrats have found their winning hot button issue, appeal to it and fan it's flames. Very low handed.

[/ QUOTE ]


I don't see it as xenophobia but rather as prudence and common sense, to not outsource our port management especially to a Middle Eastern entity.

I wouldn't be surprised if there are some Dems who are capitalizing on this politically in an underhanded way, but I don't think all are. I think this issue is a huge point of concern, and I think that turning our port management over to a Middle Eastern entity (especially one with some terrorist-activity-related red flags) could easily be a farbigger mistake than Carter giving up control of the Panama canal.