Clancy, most of what you just asked in your post would have been shouted down and interrupted all through by these clowns.
The LAST THING they want to hear is logic like this spoken cleanly without confusing interruption loudly injected so that the minds of the listeners cannot digest it.
Right. Maybe we should stress why they are willing to risk my life and the lives of my family with their "negotiate" stance.
I think they just like the limelight in a controversy with the President of the United States. Makes them feel as if they too are a power player. In reality they are ignorant and show it.