Who's On a Soapbox?

I hate to talk politics among friends, so I'll keep this short and sweet. Besides, it's more of an observation than an opinion, I would say.

This LINK explains how G-Dubb is "worried by the message sent by the failed [Dubai] port deal".

My knee-jerk quasi-political reaction is this:

The President has rallied support from the masses by culling an ever-growing fear of all things terrorist and Middle East -related.  In fact, he's had extraordinary success in using our fears to increase his power base (see Act, The Patriot).  Now, when these fears (regardless of whether they are warranted or rational) manifest themselves in a way that embarasses his administration and costs him a huge chunk of political capital, he wants to lay on the old guilt trip? 

I'm not saying that we (and in "we" I mean "America") should be proud of the knee-jerk way in which we all freaked out about Dubai just because they're a Middle East, Muslim corporation.  What I'm saying is that 1) this is the first example of Democracy working in this country in far too long (for better or for worse, mob rule is mob rule), and 2) George Bush is a big dumb asshole.

thanks for listening.
-apk