WHEN SCHUMER IS LEADING THE MOB DON'T JOIN IT

The Ports Deal: first, I have learned by now that Senator Schumer from NY is the worst demagogue in the Congress and to side with him is almost always a mistake. Second, When the worst president in my lifetime likes something you know it's awful. Third, the political whore of all time, Hillary Clinton, is opposed to the deal because it seems to bolster her hawk on terror image.

So what to do?

The ports decision was made by unelected officials behind closed doors, as is usual with this tone deaf administration. Nobody thought about anything in the real world. We all believe that had the port of Miami not protested via law suit the deal would have become law with no one the wiser. None of the Administration geniuses thought about what would happen if the company that lost the bidding war for the Brit company in possession of the thirty year Port Contract decided to leak about the U.S. turning over our sensitive ports to the Muslims. Nobody among our best and brightest considered that somebody with an axe to grind would leak to a port city mayor and thus bring the entire deal to its knees. Nobody in the Bush Administration thinks about anything past tomorrow until it's five minutes before midnight.

We are left with the catastrophic prospect of kicking out a company only because they are Arabs and Muslims, an act of bigotry that will cause more than just cartoon riots among Muslims world wide. Our troops are in serious danger. I refer you again to the James Robbins piece in the NRO yesterday for the enumeration of the favors the UAE has done for us since 2002. Add to that the fact that Dubai is the most westernized of all Arab countries; the women wear dresses, the press is relatively free, it is about to become the Las Vegas of the Middle East and even worse for us, they are about to control banking in the entire Muslim world because they have gotten around Shiria Law prohibiting interest; their banks will be financing all growth in the Middle East with interest rates set by a government and not any markets.

The UAE has also assisted the Coalition effort in Iraq, in particular training Iraqi security forces and sending material assistance to the Iraqi people. As further reasons for awarding the contract to the company that won the bidding war against the Singapore company for the former Brit port operator, try these: Dubai and the UAE were alone in Middle East in refusing to join the cabal against Israel. They have shut down terrorist bank accounts wherever they could. They have been an undercover ally against the insurgents in Iraq and against Al Qaeda in the Middle East. They have allowed us to fly over their territory, provided safe haven when we needed it, and according to all reports they are the main source of intel to the CIA. They are a huge buyer of our Boeing aircraft which creates thousands of jobs here. They operate ports all over the world with no problems. Under this contract the U.S. would be responsible for all phases of security at the ports. Arab NATIONALS will NOT be employed at the ports in the U.S. as all employees will still be Americans. And the contract ONLY covers commercial cargo it does not cover military or defense cargo.

In fact the more you look at this "deal" the worse it looks for us if we cancel it now. Malkin is going over the top (what else is new?) rallying bloggers against this deal, conveniently forgetting that when an Arab loses face he is your enemy for life. Barring our friends at UAE will clearly be seen as racist by all the usual suspects, and they will be correct. The only reason to keep the port from the UAE is that they are Arabs and Muslims. We run catastrophic risks if we throw this deal out now. Once an Arab loses face in public he becomes your enemy for life. Making our friends into enemies is the only possible result if we cancel this deal, and when we have the UAE as an enemy in Iraq it is all over for us.

This entire stink is a result of our president not minding the store AGAIN. This fiasco is the result of Bush's incompetence, and there is no other word for the way in which it has been handled. It's about time we stopped blaming his advisors and blamed the guy who appoints them. He has appointed a group of incompetents to run key agencies and then refused to fire them. As I've said over and over again, we cannot afford an inarticulate political trust fund baby to be in office ever again. Nor can we elect a political lead head who can't sniff the air.

Getting to the facts on this deal is going to be very difficult. If you want some real insight on the country of Dubai, go here to the Air Cargo News and open your eyes and brain. Then go here to see all the tourist things in that country. Info of the move toward democracy is here. Don't go off like a maniac. Don't be a Michelle Malkin or a Chuck Schumer.

Think.