Frist calls for halt to UAE Port deal

[KevinTheOmnivore]

We're not "out-sourcing our security". That's politically motivated lingo used b people like Hilary Clinton to score points in Iowa.

The UAE isn't in control of our port security, any more than China or Britain was/is in charge of our port security. The federal government regulates that, at it still will, whether it's Dubai or Greenland that's getting the shipping contract.

You can argue that we're not examining the contents in ships well enough, but that argument was a fctor before this deal. That's not Dubai's fault, it's our fault.

And I don't see this as a multiculturalist argument. It's the global economy, and it's the way we've done thing for a while now. The only reason this has traction now is because politicians on both sides of the aisle see an opportunity to be tough on security. Port security is one of those sexy topics that has come up, but has never been addressed. Now everyone with 2006-2008 ambitions can get in line an say they "did something." Bull.