We're not lonely already? Take a walk over the United Nations building if you want to see "lonely".
All I'm saying is, don't let dollar-signs cloud what's happened here. A democratic process has taken place, for better or for worse. You want our system to bend to serve the interests of the United Arab Emirates? You're entitled to voice your opinion at the ballot box. But the democratic process should never be subservient to a foreign interest. What's next? Saudi Arabia will cut off our oil if we start drilling in ANWR?
Is THAT what democracy is all about? Or supposed to be?
As I see it, what has happened in the Congress is not about democracy. It's about emotional reactions, and not based on the facts of the situation.
In this case it was subservient to the pandering interests of self-serving pols.
No, I want us to follow the rule of law. The law allowed us to block the transfer of the U.S. companies that owned the leases ONLY IF there was a security impact.
There was no security impact, just an irrational fear. If the mob wanted to lynch black people, we don't just let them because the majority rules.