Any Port in a Storm

With the hours and hours of air time and thousands and thousands written pages it is almost pointless for me to comment on the whole port controversy. Almost.

My personal view is not tainted by red state thinking or blue state thinking. It is not affected by whether I am pro-Bush or anti-Bush. My opinion has nothing to do with terrorism or the threat thereof.

In plain english no foreign power should be responsible for running or securing our ports. This should also apply to our airports, our airspace and our borders. Period no exceptions.

Does not matter if they are friend or ally.

Does not matter if we share borders, politics or religious belief.

Does not matter if we look the same, eat the same or speak the same language.

Perceptions and reality both matter when looking at the big picture.

We are perceived to be the most powerful nation on the planet yet we are unable to maintain our own ports. That does not compute with me.

We only have to look at ancient Rome to see that the fall came not from without but from within. Was caused not by Romans but by those that Rome brought in to run the empire.