Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
So what if all the members of Al Quaeda are Arabic. All the IRA are Irish.

Does that make all Irish terrorists? When did you last see Americans banning Irish companies from investing in USA?
Would you hire an Irish company to pull security on Manchester's shopping centers?

Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
USA has some very strange ideas when it comes to free trade. For foreign companies that have raw products (agriculture or mining) to get their products sold in the USA it is often easiest acheived by buying USA companies that use the raw goods. Blocks to foreign investment or trade can be found in many of the areas that USA does not compete very well in.
Thanks for the explanation. I don't buy it, but I can see at least what you're saying. A country with a history of links to terrorism wants a contract to run port operations in the US. William of Occam's head is spinning.