[b4its2late]

over what he called "overreaction" from Washington by those portraying the deal as a threat to fair trade and U.S. national security.

No probrem.

[Founding Father]

Call back when China is a free country and Taiwan is recognized as an independent country.

[DJtex]

I really don't understand the beef here. China has a hell of a lot of our dollars, all earned legally. Now they want to buy something with them. They need a vehicle for orderly oil production and distribution. I have much more heartburn about them controlling both ends of the Panama Canal personally.

Unocal has no monopoly on anything. They are simply an efficient player in the oil markets. It a symptom of how unsophisticated the Chinese are that they need Unocal "at any price" to get the know-how to play a bigger role in the energy world.

[LasVegasMac]

The chairman of CNOOC Ltd., the Chinese energy firm embroiled in a thorny campaign to purchase the U.S. oil company Unocal Corp., voiced dismay

How does one say........

"Deeply saddened"...or...

"Deeply concerned"

in ChiCom?

Now, ask me if I care, you ChiCom Rat Bastar@

I wonder what the head 'Rat schmucks have to say on this. I have not seen / heard anything. I want to hear what "Pollissi" and "I learned everything from Tommy", Reid, and "I can get you the Olypmics" Hitlery - what do they have to say on this?

LVM

[Archon of the East]

It seems to me that their "free market" complaint holds no water because the offer is being made by a pure communist government owned entity. Maybe I'm wrong but I still see communist and it's evil twin socialist as enemy number one of the United States of America. Their offer is not a free market offer, thus they can shove it up their happy family triple delight.

[vpintheak]

Screw the Commie SOB's!

[coconutt2000]

I bet the Taliban was dismayed with our reaction to 9/11.

(And Saddam is probably still wondering what he could've done differently in regards to "weapons inspectors".)

[Natural Law]

"Our board has made the decision that we have to win this bid,"

He didn't mention that his board is the government of the PC.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution urging the Bush administration to scrutinize the deal as a potential threat to U.S. national security.

Bill Gertz told KSFO's Barbara Simpson (2 July, Sat.) that American corporations in China are told that they must lobby Washington to represent the Chi-coms' interests. Otherwise they may not be allowed to continue to do business in China.

So far the notorious Rep. Jim Moran (D, Va) backs the sale of UNOCAL plus about twenty other elected "representatives" of U.S. citizens. See, http://www.goodbyejim.com and http://www.morantics.com. Only about twenty? (More lobbying, useful idiots!) I'd call that ball one.

The Chi-coms' White House connection is Mark McKinnon, former media advisor to Pres. Bush, who is Vice Chairman of Public Strategies. He is CNOOC's media adviser and lobbyist. That's strike one on us.

And how many times has the Committee on Foreign Investments, an inter-agency committee chaired by the Secretary of Treasury, said no? Strike two.

Mr. Gertz also told Ms Simpson and her listeners that Bush Administration policy makers are divided between pro-business and pro-national security. Business almost always wins over national security. Strike three.

The U.S. just struck out.

Good bye UNOCAL.

[Mo1]

an overreaction about China ??

Naaaaa .. it's just that they have a history

[endthematrix]

What's Global Crossing?

[curiosity]

"Our board has made the decision that we have to win this bid," he said.

Doesn't sound like a aboard interested in creating shareholder value.

[airborne]

And in other news.......

A Chinese military official says Beijing will use nuclear weapons against the U.S. if the Americans attack the Asian nation in a fight over Taiwan.

"If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," Zhu Chenghu, a major general in the People's Liberation Army, said at an official briefing, according to the Financial Times.

Yeah, let's keep selling them the rope they'll use to hang us with.