This is so insane. Now our government is considering allowing a foreign nation to manage some military manufacturing and a non-US company to handle supplying security software to the Defense Department and US intelligence agencies.

I am against both the UAE military manufacturing deal and the Israeli security software deal.

With the UAE, I’ve already explained how terrible an idea it is for a non-US government to be running US ports and I feel the same about our military. These are both defense related areas that should not be taken lightly. I could handle a very strong ally doing some military manufacturing. The UAE has not been a strong ally for long enough in my opinion.

Regarding the Israeli security software deal, I think nations trading arms is fine. And software could be viewed in that way. However, being one who works in IT I don’t feel comfortable having an non-US company doing it, even if they are a strong ally. Nothing against Israel, I’m just saying security software should probably be done by a US based company. I guess the best way to describe this is to compare it to how a man handles his wallet. I would only allow my best male friend to hold my wallet if I really had to. I would not just let him run around with my wallet on a daily basis, because it’s mine. Not that I fear my friend would abuse my wallet, but it’s a personal item that I should manage myself. It includes items that relate to my financial security. I would never want anyone else to accidentally lose or make a mistake with my wallet that would jeopardize our friendship. That’s how I view America’s security software.

So security software and ports I think should be done 100% within the USA. I can make an exception with the manufacturing of some military equipment like aircraft parts. Honestly if an Israeli private company wanted to buy Doncasters Group (military manufacturing company) I would be OK with it. But security software is too sensitive an area for me to feel comfortable having it done by any entity not based in the USA.

I would only make exceptions with security software, if it was something that was absolutely needed and made by a non-US company. Like if SSL was first developed by a non-US company, nothing in the USA was as secure and the military needed it. Then I’d understand buying licenses to use SSL in US security systems. (That’s just a hypothetical situation, SSL was developed here in the USA and is in every web browser around the world.)

There are just some things I’d rather not see being done outside of the USA.