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I don't think it would be an issue of jobs in America. The ports would be staffed by Americans but the company that manages them would be from the UAE.

Think of this like Nike owning Nike but hiring Chinese to manufacture. As for as China cares, Nike is supplying jobs to Chinese. Who owns the company is besides the point.

I suppose we could get Halliburton to do the job...



Ubertuber, I agree that there is an undercurrent of "racism" in these statements but I think it is tuly the optics of the whole thing. Given the fact that the ports are seen to be one of soft underbellies of America, where they are most vulnerable to attack, it just seems odd that the management of these ports should be held by *any* foreign national (British or otherwise).

In the end though, I suspect it matters very little who owns the corporation that runs the ports.

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