How Stupid Is This?

Now he claims he didn't even know about the deal until after it was a done deal ... Yet, he's ready to clobber it with the first and only veto of his administration? What?!

President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday.

The administration continued to defend the deal but also said it should have briefed Congress sooner about the transaction, which has triggered a major political backlash among both Republicans and Democrats.

Mr. Bush on Tuesday brushed aside objections by leaders in the Senate and House that the $6.8 billion sale could raise risks of terrorism at American ports. In a forceful defense of his administration's earlier approval of the deal, he pledged to veto any bill Congress might approve to block the agreement.