Port deal, or no deal?

Rhetoric:

The announcement came on the heels of comments from the second in command at the Pentagon, who said Thursday that people who publicly oppose allowing a Middle Eastern company to take over management of some U.S. ports could be threatening national security.

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"The terrorists want our nation to become distrustful," England said. "They want us to become paranoid and isolationist, and my view is we cannot allow this to happen. It needs to be just the opposite."

(The announcement mentioned involves Dubai Ports Worlds' decision to hold off on takeover of the ports. That just hit the wires and changed the initial quote I was using.)

Got it, America? Questioning how the President and his administration go about national security is a threat to national security. Why? Because it let's the enemy know that we have a plan for national security!

What are you people thinking, allowing the enemy to know we are trying to protect our shores? Don't you realize that the enemy will now change tactics in the war on terror now that they know this? Why can't you, America, keep your big mouth shut and trust our government completely?

Because those who question the wisdom of putting an Arab led government with past ties to Al Qaeda in charge of our ports are only weakening our resolve and letting the enemy win.

Which means that Karl Rove is now aiding the terrorist:

Just days after President George W. Bush threw down the gauntlet and vowed to veto any bill in Congress that could delay the transaction, senior Bush advisor Karl Rove said in a radio interview that the president might consider a postponement after all.

"Look, there are some hurdles, regulatory hurdles ... that are going to be concluded next week. There's no requirement that it close, you know, immediately after that," Rove told Fox News Radio.

"Our interest is in making certain the members of Congress have full information about it, and that, we're convinced, will give them a level of comfort with this," Rove said.

Get him a cell in Guantanamo, stat.