It looks like much ado about nothing to me. We'll still ship the same stuff nomatter who runs the ports, the United Arab Emirates  have actually been our allies in the war on terror so there shouldn't be a problem with the Navy and a good amount of our ports are ran by countries other than the US anyway.\n\nI think the guys in Washington are a bunch of landlubbers who don't really understand the shipping business.
120413
I think you are absolutely right.  The Democrats would reject the cure for cancer if the Republicans invented it.  They made a mountain out of not a molehill but an undersea trench.  There would have been no impact on security, jobs, or anything else.  The ports were already controlled by a foreign country - nothing was going to change.
88969
I was in the Navy and I definately agree with you. I dont support any part of that war. We're over there trying to help a bunch of people that can't help themselves and they dont want our help. They aren't even our alis and there we are butting into their war. Telling them how to run their country. You dont see people coming over into our country and trying to fix our problems. We just have a stupid president and if anyone thinks that makes me unamerican, so be it. I know what I am and this is a free country w freedom of speech. I dont have to like everything about it.
409455
What a mess! USA, Saudi, Saudi, Turkey, Iran, Syria all looking to control the Iraqi oil, the US. sure has a lot to answer for, the instability is has created will cause problems for many years in the middle east, was this the intention? maybe it was, oilmen love high oil prices, arms manufacturers, and military suppliers love war. This catastrophe was predicted, but ignored. Now no-one can predict what will happen next, but you can sure there will be no peace in the region. The Bush regime will back the Saudis as they are like one big family, maybe Saudi approves/ helped develop US. policy, whatever happens the Shites will unite, and if they are bombed they'll unite more quickly. The US. will continue to guard their stolen oil fields, until their war funding is cut off, and when they are forced to leave it will be a free-for-all.
87205
These days most middle eastern countries claim/want to be US allies. The rest want to be the opposite. I live in Dubai and the conflict in the US government lobby regarding the Dubai Ports World deal created a lot of bad publicity in the press about the US, however i have not encountered even one comment that says the US-UAE relations should be severed. \n\nFact is, even though US supports Israel from the beginning, most countries in the region are and have been allies of the US, the most obvious cause of that being the US support of Kuwait when it was attacked by Iraq in 1991. A lot of the money from the region is invested in the US.\n\nFrom the point of view of the US, they want to have as many allies the region as possible. They do have all the oil here, don't they. And the petrodollars do flow into the US in most cases. However, this is indeed changing now.
54270
Protection of our domestic borders are probably the weakest link in our current defenses against terrorism. I can't agree to turn over management of our largest ports to a country from whom terrorists and terrorist funding has come.\nNo matter how confident you are of those whom are in charge, everyone has their price and thus are prone to corruption. I simply would feel more confident if those in charge were not from the United Arab Emirate...that's all!~
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Here is the latests from CNN, it breaks down the situation in greater detail and answers some key questions such as:\n\n\n\nWhy is the DP World/P&O deal controversial?\n\nSo, would DP World be worse at security than other foreign-owned companies?\n\nWhat are lawmakers doing now?\n\nWhy doesn't America run its own ports?
55912
No one is selling our ports.  This is merely about a contract with a port operations company to continue with day to day port operations.  Security will continue to done by U.S. officials.
665322
I'd assume in order to sue them you'd have to prove they actually have put your family at risk.  If that's the case you could sue the VA for losing those veterns files even though they were returned.  It seems the goverment is the one who should be addressing what they've implied is a threat to "national security".  It's yet to be proven this was actually a threat aprart from the comments from a few goverment officials.  If you recall they made the same accusation with the first leak and did nothing.  So if it's true that the New York Times has repeatedly put us at risk prove it and do something about it.  It seems like more of that double speak regarding the "war on terror".  We are at war, we need special tools not provided by the current laws but it's a good idea to turn port management over to the UAE.  The New York Times has threatened our national security more then once and the Adminstration has yet to censure them with even a suspension of press credentials ?  I have to wonder if they believe it themselves and if it's not more dodge and weave.  Not to mention if the legality of the program could be challenged you can't classify an illegal program legally ?  It's a good question I wonder that myself.  I've added a link with some other headlines the times have run that really are more damming then this one it is a bit satrical.
361301
I saw the report. Something is fishy. First off why would our military ever let that info out if it were true? Secondly, a diesel sub, and we can't detect it with a carrier group until it surfaces close to that group implying we will get shot out of the water if we try to do anything.  Bullcrap. It sounds like a political ploy in the making. Here's my guess. China has intentions of invading Taiwan, and we are not going to do a darn thing because we owe China too much money. I hope some Navy people post on this question. I want to hear their opinions.
263298
unfortunately I agree\nunless there is something in it for us\nit's a hard sell to convince the us to send troops to police the world, though I do applaud it when we do. the troulbe is we always get caught up in the quagmire of international politics and never fully commit to a mission, thus we fall short and it looks like a half hearted attempt with casulties that we have a hard time stomaching. Look up a group called Executive Outcomes to see how it's done right.
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I have been thinking about this, because I do believe we will be attacked again.  Actually, I think we are attacked in small ways lots of times but they put it off with some sort of explanation.\n\nI think the government cannot control everything and the bureaucrats are too busy worrying about the war in Iraq to pay attention here.  A lot of inept people in Washington and in government are not doing their jobs, i.e.: FEMA\n\nI am going to get a firearm to protect myself.   I live near a whole bunch of refineries and I can just see them all going up in a chain of events because the all line the Gulf Coat and it is easy to bring a boat in here and no one notices.\n\nAlso, during the hurricanes there were lots of crimes being committed and no one really broadcast what went on.  We need to protect ourselves because in an emergency situation the government is not going to be of help\n\nI oppose martial law because it is just an excuse for crazy cops and nutter military people to shoot innocent civilians
19268
The US Government, for the most part, is ill-informed about the Mid-east. All we are proving is that we are the biggest kid on the block.\nBesides, war is always a money maker and an economey improver.
628917
that's bull $hit when people say that the US has no allies in the middle east!!!\nhow about saudi arabia, kuwait,egypt and jordan? and israel!!!\nhmm that sure looks a lot to me!!\nthe war on iraq is strictly for OIL and construction contracts for bush's buddies!!and we are paying the ultimate price.\ni cant believe you guys!!!!!
31960
Arguementally,allowing the Arabs to buy and control our ports would be like selling our soul to the devil.\nThis will be allowing another 9/11 incident that much more possible to happen in the near future somewhere in our country,watch and see if I'm right or wrong as time moves on.
291728
Hell yeah, the Coasties are tough. I dont think they get the credit they deserve. You gotta have your shit together to board a boat full of drug runners, who usually have guns and a bad attitude, and arrest them. They also have the daunting task of making sure every dumb civilian who owns a boat doesnt kill themselvesd on it. And I'll say this too, anybody who is willing to fly a helicopter into a hurricane, then dangle below said helicopter, to rescue complete strangers, is ok in my book. These guys and girls fight a war every single day, against either people or Mother Nature, and they do it well, like the professionals they are.
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There are only six affected by the Dubai Ports Worldwide takeover.  You should also know that the company isn't taking over the entire port.  They're only managing some of the terminals.  The number in parentheses shows how many they'll be operating in each port if the deal goes through)\n\nBaltimore (2 of 14)\nHouston (4 of 12)\nMiami (1 of 3)\nPhiladelphia (1 of 5)\nNew Orleans (2 of 5)\nNewark, NJ (1 of 4)\n\nHope that helps ya!  Don't forget to rate the best answer!\n\n\nEDIT: LOL, Loco!  Reminds me of when I was in science class in 8th grade.  The teacher put the question: "Name the four states of matter" on the test.   Then he wrote on the board:\n\n"States that matter: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Key West."
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Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is not buying out US ports.   The ports operation will be run by a company based in Dubai.  The company currently running the ports P&O ( Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co )is a London based company that has recently been acquired by Dubai Ports World, the UAE company. \n\nThe purchase and takeover of the contract to run the ports has been approved by a US government agency that investigates security risks of outside control of US companies.  The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment, the agency, found no security risks.  \n\nThe company will just manage the ports, it will still keep the same workers, the same managers and the same equiptment.  It will hire the same longshoremen - the guys who unload the boats and it will keep American paychecks in America.  \n\nI have linked below to an article about the sale of P&O to DP World as well as links to the companies' web sites. \n\nRemember too that ports deal with international cargo - most everything domestic is moved by truck- and that international companies are involved in international commerce.   The US produces airplanes for the Chinese and UAE,  Mexico assembles a lot of toilets used in the US.  We are truly a global economy.  When the deal finalizes it will be a UAE company running these US ports as opposed to a UK company as it was last week.