OUTSOURCING U.S. PORT OPERATIONS TO ARABS

Lawmakers are worried about the Bush administration's decision to put our ports under the control of an Arab company.

Well heck, I'm worried too. What are they thinking???? We're talking about New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia. And we want to outsource their port operations to the United Arab Emirates, a country with a history that includes acting as "an operational and financial base for the hijackers who carried out the September 11, 2001, attacks against New York and Washington."

This is preposterous, coming from the same people who have demonized Arabs as people who "hate our freedoms" and "want to kill Americans." I certainly don't hold with that attitude, but really, as Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said, "Outsourcing the operations of our largest ports to a country with a dubious record on terrorism is a homeland security and commerce accident waiting to happen."

Why does Bush hate America?

UPDATE: KOS has more.

Tags: U.S. ports, security, Bush administration, United Arab Emirates