First, I want say "thank you"
to all our New Right friends for helping to make all this happen. What's that, you say? Perhaps you missed the statement that the Chinese Foreign Ministry released yesterday, July 4th. Here's an excerpt regarding China's bid to purchase Unocal:
"We demand that the U.S. Congress correct its mistaken ways of politicizing economic and trade issues and stop interfering in the normal commercial exchanges between enterprises of the two countries."
So, what do we say to the people from whom we are borrowing $2B every day so we can go play in the sand?
What do you say to your bankers who are DIRECTLY dictating our foreign policy.
Since when do the Chinese get to tell the Congress to stay out of foreign commerce issues?
Before you respond, please note that we also have a record $162B trade deficit with China. Oh, and did I mention we need their money to keep our "strong economy" afloat?
So, guys, really, any response would be great.