Dubai Ports Fallout

This is interesting. The Old Media has suddenly jumped on the side of the President on this issue, but too late:

"They preach about a capitalist economy where everyone's free to do as they wish, but now they're just trying to come up with any excuse ... to paint the country with terrorism," said Ahmed el-Leithy, a construction engineer in Dubai.
"Dubai is the most pro-Western place in the Arab region. It is just ridiculous to assume the UAE is of any kind of security concern to the United States," he added.
"I have always argued that this was not an anti-Arab issue but rather a matter of domestic (U.S.) politics," said Ali Sadek, a former director of the Arab Monetary Fund. "But the perception, whether on the street or the corridors of power, is going to be that it is."

...The UAE economy minister warned last week that the Dubai Ports row could prompt other countries to divert funds away from the United States. Gulf governments have been diversifying their holdings since the oil boom began.

Guess the Press doesn't want to appear racist, as some are accusing Democrats.