How Does It Feel?

I don't know the ins and outs of the policy merits of letting a UAE-controlled company run our ports, but I do find the President's argument that, in a post 9/11 world, national security concerns should be set aside because of the wrong message it would send to an ally, particularly ironic.

This is the same President who attacked Democrats as not being concerned enough about national security because they wanted federal employees, not outside contractors, to run airport security after 9/11.

This is the same President who attacked Democrats as not being concerned enough about national security because they supported giving employees of the Homeland Security Department (a department which the President initially opposed) the same protections that other union members would have. These attacks got so vicious that Max Cleland, who gave three limbs for his country, was compared to Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden for his support of this position.

This is the same President who attacked Democrats as not being concerned enough about national security because they dared to suggest that the U.S. should go through the U.N. process, rather than attack unilaterally, to avoid alienating valuable allies in the war on terror.

This is the same President who attacked Democrats as not being concerned enough about national security because they felt that the damage to the U.S.'s moral standing in the world, including among our important allies in the war on terror, outweighed the marginal benefit, if any, that came from the tortune and abuse of prisoners.

This is the same President who attacked Democrats as not being concerned enough about national security because they believed that, while a wiretapping program might yield valuable information in the war on terror, the President was still obligated to follow the law and the Constitution.

Over and over, the President has attacked Democrats whenever they have suggested that outside concerns, such as alienating valuable allies, outweigh taking all steps, no matter how questionable, to secure this nation after 9/11.

So, my view is, Mr. President, you reap what you sow. I'm sure Max Cleland would be happy to explain it to you if you don't understand what that means.
- posted by Joshua @ 2:55 AM