Port controversy: Ethnic profiling?

Maybe this is a stretch, but does anyone else see the irony in the
left's criticizing Bush for supporting the deal that allows the U.A.E.
company to manage major eastern seabord ports?

These are the same people who get outraged at the notion that security screeners at
airports or police at subway stations might scrutinize Muslims or Arabs
a bit more closely than, say, 80-year-old grandmothers. But they are
happy to abandon such highmindedness for an opportunity to criticize
Bush and denounce a deal solely because it involves an Arab corporation.

Now I'm not thrilled about this deal either, mainly because I don't see
the upside, and I'm not persuaded by Bush's assertions that the U.A.E.
is a great partner in the war on terror. But I do see some hypocrisy
here. And if I had to choose between scuttling this deal or allowing
profiling of airline and subway passengers, I know which one I'd choose.