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To: KLP who wrote (4644)	2/26/2006 9:02:05 AM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) of 71588

Chinese in control of terminals are our ports? An interesting question. Certainly during the Cold War we would have never let the Chinese assume control of any company connected to our ports. Even if the Chinese and Soviets were not particularly friendly. They were still idealoligical brothers in arms, as were the independent Yugoslavian Communists of that era, and their brotherhood made them illeligle in sensitive positions. Now, in 2006, with the Cold War a fading memory? No, I still would not like Chinese control. The fact is a terrorist has to get a bomb into our country somehow and the ports is how they are going to do it, even though we unfortunately make it far too easy for terrorists to gain high powered weapons and explosive materials legally in the U.S. In my opnion, if we are serious about fighting the War on Terrorism, we should get serious about port security, just as we've taken airport security a lot more seriously since 9/11/01. I think this era calls for an extra buffer of security, which means domestic ownership of port operations. Just one man's opinoon of many.

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