Originally posted by Zoom Zoom Diva:
I see absolutely nothing wrong with this situation. A company with a very good record for port management all over the world purchases another port management company. Normal business transaction.
The UAE have been allies of ours for a long time, and show no signs that they will not continue to be. The uproar over all this is paranoia and has significantly racist overtones.
Oh, and by the way, these operations have very little to do with port security. That is still a government function, headed by the Coast Guard.
I'm somewhat of the same opinion here, though I would certainly like to learn more about the deal.
One thing I do know is that any change of hands will pose NO impact on how US Customs and the US Coast Guard conducts business and it's almost laughable for anyone to think it would...
People citing "security concerns" are seriously cracking me up; do they actually think that a case of Arab ownership is going to somehow magically drum up a "hole" for terrorists to pursue? Here's a secret; the hole has been there for YEARS and even if the 700 Club was running every one of them, it wouldn't make them a bit safer.
Alienating one of the few relatively strong Arab allies we have in the region isn't the smartest things we could be doing. UAE is one of the most Westernized and advanced countries in the Middle-East, so painting them with the same brush that we paint Iran in terms of doubts and fears is NOT the best way forward.
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