Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Portgate: Profiling Dubai, profiling Israel

So all of us who oppose the Dubai deal are racist, xenophobic profilers? So says no less an "authority" than Richard Cohen in today's Post. But, then, what about this: "The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned."

Nice, huh?

Is it too much to ask that national security be national? Or is this like SNL's Coffee Talk skit? You know: National security is neither national nor secure. Discuss.

I mean it. Discuss. This Dubai deal just isn't the right thing to do.

posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at 12:28 AM

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1 Comments:

  • Well, the Anglican Church is also boycotting Israel. I think it's unfair for liberals to attack both from the left and the right. I'm not ruling out the idea that there might be a problem, but you have to admit,Michael, there is something a bit hypocritical about liberals arguing, in effect, that Arabs can't be trusted when at the same time,they lambaste the Administration for profiling and such. I don't have a problem with acknowledging that it's uncomfortable to think about an Arab country running the ports--although that's not really what would happen. But a lot of liberals have been sanctimoniously condemning the least whiff of concern about Arabs and Muslims. Now, however, it seems that maybe they don't think the concerns are totally unfounded. Of course, people opposing the deal are not ALL xenophobic profilers. But isn't this a little like the pot calling the kettle black?

    I realize that the credibility of the US government isn't real high after Katrina, etc, but what I want to see is legitimate attacks on this deal from people that actually know what they are talking about, not outsiders without a clue.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:54 PM  

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