The Common Defense of The United States Is Weak By Sea

I am glad to see that the United Arab Emirates port deal seem to be dead but I hope that no one tries to pull a quick one on the American people. The bad thing here is that all we have to warn us is the media and they defend their right to libel religious figures. I wonder if you can lie about religious figures who and what else do you feel you have the right to lie about. I guess we have to deal with the half truths the media gives us until a better source comes around.

According to Associate Press writer Ted Bridis in his article titled “Study Warns of Port Operator Lapses”. Our ports are poorly secured as it is. The results indicating poor security were as follows.

The previously undisclosed results from the study found that cargo containers can be opened secretly during shipment to add or remove items without alerting U.S. authorities

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The study found serious lapses by private companies at foreign and American ports, aboard ships, and on trucks and trains "that would enable unmanifested materials or weapons of mass destruction to be introduced into the supply chain."

I am not going on. From what I read about the study the governments of the United States deserve an F in overall port security. There were two bright spots in America but considering how many ports we have that is not saying much. I still believe that the government should reward the two companies even if they are not American. I still do not trust foreign mercenaries but a desperate man will choose any port in a storm.

Security was good at two terminals in Seattle and nearby Tacoma, Wash. The operator in Seattle, SSA Marine, uses cameras and software to track visitors and workers. "We consider ourselves playing an important role in security," said the company's vice president, Bob Waters.

Any individual who is in political office takes an oath to uphold the values of the Constitution. One of those values laid out in the preamble is “to provide for the common defense“. In this case the Democrats seem to be one up on the Republicans but from prior experience it appears that overall the media does have a liberal bias. The simple solution is to get more companies like SSA Marine to control our port operations.