[Paulus Invictus]

Won't even try, except to mention that there are no American companies anywhere that has the expertise or apparent desire to run the port loading and un-loading job (a very big and complex one) and that's a fact. Who might do it? The Brits sold their company to UAE and UAE does the job in several international ports. Just tell us who else can or will do the job. The Chinese? Singapore? South Korea? No one else seems up to the job. Looking for answers here...

[Oliver Optic]

"I think it sends a terrible signal to friends around the world that it's OK for a company from one country to manage the port, but not a country that plays by the rules and has got a good track record from another part of the world can't manage the port," Bush said.

Poor grammar aside ... this is the issue.

The President does not view the War on Terror as a war against the entire Islamic Middle East ... and he views that as an issue worth standing for.

[antaresequity]

except to mention that there are no American companies anywhere that has the expertise or apparent desire to run the port loading and un-loading job

WRONG...HALIBURTON-KBR is both willing and able to execute this task...