Though Kos raises some good points, I actually agree with W on this one .  For those too lazy to click on the links, I refer to a UAE company getting the contract to manage several U.S. ports.  Bottom line: this is a global community we are a part of, and a big element of that is our integrated global economy.  Are we so bigoted that we cannot conceive that a company from an Arab nation could effectively administer an American port?  Do we need to stir up reactionary nationalism because we are not comfortable with that fact?  Please, let's understand that globalism is the future (and that goes for Bush too).