David Brooks did it again yesterday. He repeated the absurd argument frequently made by the administration, that being against Dubai operating our ports is the same as being against Arabs doing so.
These accusations of racism is of course racist. Dubai is an unusual country. It is a monarchy. Only about 12% of the residents of the country are citizens. The State Department has classified it as being amongst the worst nations for trafficking in human beings. It recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Unlike Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia it has not been attacked by Al Qaeda.
It is Brooks and this administration that are saying that all Arabs are like those who run Dubai. They are the racists.
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