Originally posted by RT and his SE:
Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:


The ports are not OWNED by a foreign government. Port operations are being administered by a state-run corporation. There are differences.



Sounds like word play to me. Sooo who would be ultimately responsible for this "state run corporation"? A governmental body foreign to the United States? Oh I see the difference!






Yeah, the difference is the ports aren't owned by a foreign government, which is what was stated previously. The US owns the ports. The US has ultimate oversight for what the corporation does in running those ports. That's the way it was when the Brits were running them, and that's the way it'll be with Dubai running them. That's not wordplay, as much as you want to dismiss it as such.

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