For once I have to side with George Bush, hard as it sometimes is. The deal allowing Dubai to run U.S. ports isn’t a threat to security. The controversy is nothing more than a few idiot Congressmembers grandstanding to the media in an effort to show they’re tough on security.

I visited Dubai during one of my naval deployments. It is the Las Vegas of the Middle East: a Westerner could feel right at home there. Dubai knows its future depends on doing business with the West.