President Bush says "ports will be secure," after uproar over an Arab company's takeover of operatio...

While people on the left and right work themselves into a lather on the port deal, the reality is that it is not really such a big deal. As others have noted in the blogosphere, the UAE company will not...

On the other hand, if it entails greater cooperation in the battle against Islamist terrorists, then a few concessions in adminstrative protocols would be well worth it.

Sorry, James, but Bush made it quite clear at today's cabinet meeting that security issues were not taken into account as this deal was negotiated. In response to the question, "Sir, do you wish you had known earlier about the Dubai Ports deal and were you surprised by the controversy over it?" He said:

This deal wouldn't go forward if we were concerned about the security for the United States of America.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060223-1.html

It makes you wonder what, in fact, IS he concerned with???

Am I getting old, I know who Billy Ocean is, and had some of his albums growing up (on cassette)...and I'm only 31!