Dubai Firm to Transfer Ports’ Control

With the coffee they have in the Persian Gulf region, the UAE definitely showed that it was fully awake, and had a fully adequate sense of situational awareness by stating its intention to divest the US operations of P & O. (The Chief really liked the name of the Brit outfit: “The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company” – it just reeks of the stories of Joseph Conrad, Kipling, the Sun Never Setting on the British Empire, & all that – very evocative!)

Recognizing the political reality, the Shieks decided to end the controversy, hopefully in the interest of maintaining a cooperative relationship in the Terror War.