[commonerX]

"""What are the naysayers going to do about CITGO and it's Commie owned Venezuela operations with thousands of potential fuel air bombs traveling the U.S. highway system freely, or the Chinese owned port facilities in California or the fact that all of these entities are financing our National debt through the purchase and holding of the bulk of our borrowing?
I suggest someone do a little thinking before the knees jerk too far and cause a head injury."""

Last time I checked the Chinese didn't fly planes into our buildings, strap bombs to themselves and blow up buses in Israel. Nor, have a religious doctrine that calls for the death of all non believers. There is a bit of a difference, if they do then they should be treated the same.

[Cold Heat]

No, but China is not our friend in any sense of the word.

They are fighting us in world commerce in every market and are showing many signs of beginning a move into Latin America. Not just in commerce, but with large groups of military advisor's and support staffs.

They are doing exactly what they falsely accuse the U.S. of engaging in, and that would be efforting to control global commerce. They already have a huge leverage on the U.S. and we need not give them any more. They use every bit of leverage they have.

I cannot say this about any other foreign power.

Lastly, their military expenditures have risen dramatically and they have no other enemy to justify this with. Their enemy therefore, is us.

The UAE on the other hand is cooperating with us in a great number of ways. It already hosts our forward operating bases, and handle the bulk of our military cargo. They are a capitalistic society and have little oil, which has drawn them into the 21st century as a Islamic state. They are also the source of much of the moderate Islamic culture and that makes them key to success in modernizing Islam.

For all these reasons and many more, they are our friend in ways that China will never be, and has no intention to be. They do not wish us harm, in fact, just the opposite.

I think it's a preferable deal to any of the others and I hope it proceeds without further delays except to disseminate more information.