DPW

It's a shame that Dubai Ports World were forced to give up the American Ports to push through the recent take over of P&O.

I will however draw attention to an article recently posted from "The Nation" (http://www.thenation.com/) as reprinted here on 7th of March:

"It is hard to imagine why on earth Dubai would want to manage six major American ports where less than 5 percent of cargo is inspected currently. What if, God forbid, terrorists, completely unconnected to Dubai, slipped a weapon of mass destruction through one of the ports Dubai manages? Has the emir of Dubai forgotten what happened to Saddam, who had no connection to 9/11?"

Perhaps it makes sense after all.

Raise a glass to the "land of the free" this afternoon as we contemplate just were international free trade goes from here..........