The Port Deal

Both the Dems and Repubs have consensus that our Federal Government should do less hands-on and more contracting out. In fact they compete for bragging rights on how many federal employees they can cut. The philosophical argument is that the private sector can do it better than the government. It is argued that it would be better managed and the employees more responsive. How, then, does not the same argument apply for 'the Ports' issue? If our government would not want to run the ports and compete with the private sector, how is it we can argue that a foreign government is better able to run the ports? Do we think that the UAE is a better run and more capable outfit than the U.S Government? What would be the affect of turning over some of our intelligence gathering to some Arab nations? Oh, wait a minute. Congress all ready held hearings on that. We are not allowed to apprehend Muslims on the battlefield and invite their own arab nationals to take them into custody and gather additional knowledge. But let's keep 'em out of Quantanimo and Abu Greb. Hell, lets give them jobs in our ports. The forign policy notion behind globalism is that if everyone eats, has a job, and a home then peace shall reign throughout the world. All of that we buy into, given our Western Pyche; however, there are these zealots who claim a peaceful relationship with a god who appearently demands they die for cartoon figures and blow themselves up to get an early position in line waiting for a turn with the vestial virgins. See my earlier post from the Sudan about the man who married a goat. Something of a shotgun wedding, I suppose. Personally, I'd blow myself up before hooking up with the goat. But, certainly you can appreciate his 'Sophia's Choice'. And of course, none of us has seen his wife. So, where does that leave us with the ports? Why would Bush choose to pick this of all things, as something to fight over? If the UAE are our friends, they would do better taking over the North Korean ports or Iran's so we can keep track of what nuclear production components they are importing.