We Just Don't Get It Yet, Do We?

The Bush Administration continues to be "tone-deaf" (as Lindsey Graham put it) when it comes to security and politics. The U.S. government has chosen to allow a private company to head up its port security at six of the nation's largest ports (Miami, New Orleans, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Baltimore). This might be tolerable given private efficiencies as compared to government inefficiencies, but the clincer is that the company chosen is headquartered in Dubai. While Dubai is considered an ally in the war on terror, the appearances are dismal for Bush.

This falls in line with the administration's refusal to take border security seriously in general. The President must advocate better, and he must support and devise clearer and common-sensical policies. What a disappointment.