Except it wasn't the US government who was making those comments, dianavan. At least not the present US administration. It was the media (mostly National Public Radio... my only source for news during the last couple of weeks while we were moving), and members of congress who oppose the Bush administration's plan to allow the Dubai Ports deal to go through, who I heard making those kinds of comments.

If we really want to eliminate the kinds of things you are talking about, we really need to start with our own corrupt government right here in the US, and then we need to reassess our relationships with other corrupt and repressive governments. But if the only people we hold to the particular standards you are advocating... perfectly legitimate standards, by the way, are "Arabs", then that is racism.