Rarely has there been a more naive statement that than one.
The Left may hate our form of government but still want the land--with all its natural beauty and wealth--and our infrastructure.
This is like a convenience store owner, who is being robbed by a bunch of gimmedats, saying "if you hate me so much, why don't you go to Venezuela?"
"Cause you gots the stuff, idiot!"
In true FR tradition, I refuse to read such an article (unless someone tells me that there is some asset there worth robbing).;-)
“The Left may hate our form of government but still want the land— ... —and our infrastructure.”
The same reasons China wants to take us over.