Reply #25: Actually, they could have proposed that they...

[Mithras61]

get the ports deal with the same restictions that are placed on any other foreign government that wants to control a security sensitive (as in National Security) business - they could have proposed a shell corporation that would be U.S.-based, with U.S. stakeholders and with records kept in the USA. The fact that they specifically negotiated to eliminate this as part of their takeover tells me that they knew this was the most likely outcome of the deal if the public found out about it. A different standard has NOT been applied to them in this case. They specifically negotiated a different arrangement than most other stakeholders.

Aside from all of that, though, how many foreign governments control business3es in this country where our national security is a function of what they do? Do any of those countries enjoy the privileges that the UAE has required in this ports deal?

It is most definitely NOT an equal deal to anything that the British or French governments have, I assure you...