[Hound of the Baskervilles]

"How does giving up our sovereignty constitute long term strategic thinking."

By continuing to spout the lie that this deal is tatamount to giving up our sovereignty you show yourself to be a person unable to look at this issue with intellectual honesty.

"They need us more then we need them. "

Then why in the hell would they BLOW UP OUR PORTS!???

[unseen]

Cool book and name by the way.....

I look at this issue from a intellectual point of view and from a political point of view. From the political point of view this is a huge mess. Intellectual the issue has some negative and some positive points. But I feel that the negative far outweight the postive on this issue. And I say sovereignty because the word fits:
Sovereignty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In constitutional and international law, the concept of sovereignty also pertains to a government possessing full control over its own affairs within a territorial or geographical area or limit, and in certain context to various organs (such as courts of law) possessing legal jurisdiction in their own chief, rather than by mandate or under supervision. Determining whether a specific entity is sovereign is not an exact science, but often a matter of diplomatic dispute.

[aligncare]

Then why in the h*** would they BLOW UP OUR PORTS!???

Zing........!