Nickname: songdove

Review: The concern isn't necessarily Dubai Ports itself, but the fact that we have seen disturbing trends where apparently safe/moderate Muslims, whether in business, education, or industrial trades, have moved into respected positions in non-Muslim nations, and then are later found to have been "assisting" or "aiding" or "unknowingly abetting" infiltrators that later blew up this-or-that, or murdered so-and-so: Cab drivers in Israel; immigrants in France; Imams in Britain; businessmen in formerly nominal-Muslim Nigeria. Surely no one is blind to the fact that once the UAE has a toe-hold in America, less desirable Muslim elements will pressure them into "blindly" assisting efforts at further infiltrations here in North America. Right now, the DPW is a booming global port business, but I would warn: If they don't want to find themselves as unwitting allies on the wrong side of terror, they best abort the sale and not provide any golden apples ripe for the picking.

Date reviewed: Feb 28, 2006 6:57 AM

Nickname: Joe

Review: Dubai is also a major port for US Navy operations. This is one of the few Middle Eastern countries that has become truly capitalist in the last 20-30 years.

Date reviewed: Feb 26, 2006 12:27 PM

Nickname: peterm

Review: Dubai Ports is only handling the offloading of cargo. Port security is still the responsibility of U.S. customs and the Coast Guard. Also, the workforce will still be unionized local longshoremen from the U.S. Chinese firms own 8 of 12 berths/shipping terminals in the port of Los Angeles. Dubai will have its U.S. port operations staffed at key management levels by Americans. UAE is an important ally of the U.S: we have a vital military base there. The Middle East is a tinderbox ready to explode, but the UAE is a strategic ally in a strategic location. If we reject Dubai then we may as well adopt 1930's isolation and protectionism and wall ourselves off from the world.

Date reviewed: Feb 25, 2006 1:22 AM