As usual, Krauthammer hits the nail right on the head.
If a citizen of the UAE walked into an airport in full burnoose and flowing robes, speaking only Arabic, Democrats would be deeply offended, and might even sue, if the security people were to give him any more scrutiny than they would to my sweet 84-year-old mother.
Democrats loudly denounce any thought of racial profiling. But when that same Arab, attired in business suit and MBA, and with a good record running ports in 15 countries, buys P&O, Democrats howl at the very idea of allowing Arabs to run our ports. (Republicans are howling too, but they don't grandstand on the issue of racial profiling.)
On this, the Democrats are rank hypocrites. But even hypocrites can be right.
What's so humorous about this is watching the left climb all over themselves to appear to the right of the administration on this issue. I wonder how that jibes with the constantly articulated notion that the nation has no stomach for the "radical right-wing agenda" of the Republican Party.
One can only hope for some consistency on the issue of profiling from here on out. If they have finally realized that Krauthammer's grandmother does not exactly fit the profile of a modern terrorist, they will have come a long way back to a realistic view of the world.
On the other hand, profiling a specific race of people who are overwhelmingly responsible for terrorist attacks makes good sense. But, giving a blanket statement that those of arab descent should never be allowed to compete for business contracts borders on racism.
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