Reply #2: While I agree that the fear mongering in 99% of the outcry over this [View All]

[dflprincess]

I think a small part of it was the shock that any foreign outfit is running U.S. ports. Everyone has heard about jobs being sent overseas, but I think the fact that our own ports aren't run by U.S. companies may have been just too much for some people to take - regardless of whose running them.

Again, just so I don't get flamed, the fact that it is the UAE that's involved with this deal is, by far, the main cause of the outcry. I doubt the media would even have reported this if it were a German or Canadian firm (even if said firm was owned by the German or Canadian governments) taking over.