[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Yeah, fine. Under the deal, they’re our ally until they’re not our ally. Some ally. Except by then, they would have owned the ports and would have had permanent physical presence. IOW, they would have been able to express their non-alliedness any which way they might have wanted to.

I’m not convinced by a single data point.

[EQAndyBuzz]

It is called unintended consequences.

Sort of like trying to save the forests by not cutting back old growth then the neighborhood burns to the ground.

[RTO]

Don’t shoot the messenger... I had mixed thoughts about the deal, ranging in degree from your stated concern, to those of the other insights posted here.

RTO

[CMAC51]

Yeah, fine. Under the deal, they’re our ally until they’re not our ally. Some ally. Except by then, they would have owned the ports and would have had permanent physical presence. IOW, they would have been able to express their non-alliedness any which way they might have wanted to. I’m not convinced by a single data point.

Your comments show how ignorant you are of the deal. They would not have owned the ports. It involved operation of terminals and would in no way have compromised the ports. A little knowledge of the facts would help you out quite a bit.

Just the fact that Chuckie Shumer opposed it should have been good enought reason to support it. That guy is a putz who is wrong 99.9% of the time.

[gov_bean_ counter]

they’re our ally until they’re not our ally

WADR, please tell me how this differs from France and Germany. Countries don't have friends, the have interests.