Bait and Switch...The Dubai Ports Surprise

Remember 6-months ago, when the public got up in arms about a Dubai company taking over operation of U.S. ports. The cry died down when the Dubai company promised to divest itself of the port operations within 6-months.

Well, I was listening to NPR this morning and...

Guess what?

Guess who is currently running the ports in question?

The company name may not be the same, but it is the same company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dubai company.

They continue to promise that the sale is coming. But there are also recent news stories stating that they are expanding their worldwide ports operation division.

But it seems to me that all the reasons for us to all get upset by this deal have been cowed down by this promise and the fact that we assumed after our elected officials told us we were safe that the Dubai company wouldn't be taking over the ports...

Well...surprise.

Watch your elected officials! This is a lie via omission.

With Congressional elections coming, failure to follow through on this could bite the Administration in the ass, even though the Dems in Congress failed to follow up same as the Reps.

So, there's one more patch for the crazy quilt of American midterm election season.

I just hope the major networks pick up the NPR story and shove it back into the face of the government and the public so that a public eye falls on the ports again.