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I agree with the House Republicans' effort to stop the ports deal with DP World, a Dubai-based ports operator ("House GOP unites to kill ports deal," Page 1, Wednesday).
President Bush wanted to put the United Arab Emirates in charge of some U.S. ports. He wanted to reward the emirates for letting U.S. ships dock at their ports. Yet even if the emirates have been helpful since the war on terror started on September 11, 2001, we have to remember that they have had direct access to terrorists and have channeled a lot of money to them. Anybody could see that the DP World deal would have been a foolish one because our ports would have been vulnerable to terrorists. It would be like inviting a terrorist attack to happen here. Even the Democrats could see that it was bad. Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, said: "I don't need 45 days. I don't need 45 minutes. ... It's just nuts."See the full content of this document
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