I, for one, welcome this movement to politically coerce the representatives of a wealthy Arab country into coming to our country and blowing smoke up our collective ass. The UAE are going to do a big media and ad blitz on America? They're going to explain their Arabness? Okay.
Once all the facts are in, of course, the logic of the Dubai ports deal will dawn on everyone and then shall commence the Greasing of the Many Palms. The President's pinata said as much today.
I wouldn't have thought that the President would have saved up his first veto for such a commercial concern, but maybe he's doing it as an homage to past second-term disasters. No? Maybe he's parceling out his lame duck in pieces that can be easily swallowed, thereby giving his party's politicians the opportunity to defy him in limited, bite-sized ways. Yeah: let the Democrats try to get to the right of the Republicans on a national security issue. It looks awful funny but might, by dint of repetition, eventually assume the sheen of plausibility. I'd love to see some Neo-Nativism in the Democratic Party. Let's have it.
Quit beating your bishops, lads, and break us off a piece of Mo and his Mosqueteers! I wanna see some piss and vinegar!