I love how slanted this poll is...
In any case, Yes (D):
If the main objection to handing control of a port on American soil to a subsidiary of a Arab-owned company is that some terrorists happened to have homes in the parent country of that company, it is worth pointing out that the 9-11 hijackers also made their homes in such western nations like Germany. Should we therefore bar a German-owned company from operating an American port?
Germany like the United Arab Emirates is a trusted ally who happens to have had the misfortune of being the home of some terrorists. It is not the fault of either country, nor should it cast doubt on their credentials as being trusted allies of the United States. And to see even a trusted ally like the UAE who have stuck their necks out on our behalf in the war on terrorism being given such rough treatment by us cannot play well in the wider Islamic world, and will be played upon by our enemies who will point out that no matter how loyal an Arab and Muslim government is to the United States, they will never be trusted.
There are legitimate concerns about giving control of our ports to foreign-owned companies (which we have been doing for years now with hardly a protest from either the right or the left up until this year), but so far all I am seeing is anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment played upon by both political parties in an election year. This is political posturing, pure and simple, and it is irresponsible for either party to whip up anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment just to play on the fears of the populace who don't know any better, at the cost of imperiling our interests overseas.
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