UAE to take over Control of 6 U.S. ports

[TankHunter]

Originally Posted by Sea Demon

JSLTIGER and bradclark1, I understand what you say, and I am also disheartened by this trend. I've tried to tell myself that the buck stops where national security is concerned. I only wish the administration would tell us why this is proper. So far, they have not. And this port security situation looks very questionable.

Because the UAE is an ally of the US, and saying "hey, you are Arab, we dont want you doing business here" (which is what keeping them from getting the ports says) will not play out well. It would be more of a problem war on terror wise than letting them in. For that would send a message that we don’t want to have anything to do with fair business practices with the Middle East. Also they have had no problems with complying with UN port regulations, assumptions can be made that they will have no problems with American port regulations.