There are an enormous number of Freepers who have expressed hatred for Dubai, UAE, Arabs, Islam and the American Commander-in-Chief in these threads over the last couple of days. The internet works on that side of the world, too. Good guys will have to stop and explain to people they are working with and training and relying upon why their countrymen are writing such things.
There is so much fear and hysteria surrounding this issue that anyone not fearful and hysterical must be one of them and should be attacked fearfully and hysterically. Emotionalism is not helpful.
The dirty little secret is America will never be able to guarantee invincibility. We will never be able to inspect every container that comes in. Get over it. Suck it up. Drive on. Continue the mission.
You raised some good points, Cannoneer. As we try to assess what they are doing, it's inevitable that they are also looking closely at us.
They are also prey to similar mass hysteria generating headlines and news blips that we have seen here, of course written in the political direction which will get their attention best.
In these days of common literacy, we are obliged to make time for reading and researching current issues.
Fact gathering becomes critically important during times like this when some are encouraging conservatives to jump ship and switch parties with disinformation generating mass hysteria.