Firstly, I complete reject the entire premise that the project asserts regarding terrorism and what not. Though it may be true that there were banks that laundered money for the 9/11 attacks (I'm assuming there's no substantial proof of this), the United Arab Emirates has been nothing but a friend to the U.S. during their war on terror. The same goes for Qatar, another oil rich country. Take a look at both countries' infrastructures since 9/11 if you want to know whether or not they're a friend of the U.S (Super rich...go see Mission Impossible 4 for evidence of this). That being said, I also completely reject the idea of having the U.S. Government regulating who gets to win or lose in the market place. To me, that is the same as economic fascism, otherwise known as corporatism. When the government gets involved, using means of forceful coercion, the legitimate market suffers in the long run because the government does not have the ability to determine the best company to run the ports. The government only has the ability to forcefully choose who should run the ports based not on who will most positively affect the marketplace, but who will most benefit the interests of whoever it is in the U.S. government who is making the decisions. It should be up to the individual business as to whether or not they want to run a business operation when there is a threat of attack by rebel groups in the region they plan to operate in. It is the same here in the U.S. A businessman may want to start their business in a certain area, but once they realize there is a violent threat to the business in that area, they will most likely wisely choose to relocate or rethink their particular business strategy. Anyways, my basic point is that, in my opinion, the federal government has no authority to regulate trade whatsoever, and their doing so only creates a negative snowball affect for the economy. The supply chains in the U.S. will only be affected because the federal government thought it a good idea to put the U.S. economy at risk by arbitrarily determining who should have control over important trade ports. I apologize to anyone who has to read this, by the way. If you could not tell, I have a very strong opinion regarding matters like this.