[expatpat]

They need to level with the American people, and use their time and energy on convincing us that this is a desirable thing. The unions and blue-collar people would be against it, and many American patriots and sovereignists, so that is presumably why they are trying to do it secretly. However, I believe that the secretive approach will cause them more grief in the long run

[Frobenius]

...They need to level with the American people, and use their time and energy on convincing us that this is a desirable thing. The unions and blue-collar people would be against it, and many American patriots and sovereignists, so that is presumably why they are trying to do it secretly. However, I believe that the secretive approach will cause them more grief in the long run

I agree -- to me, it is similar to President Bush's non-explanation of Why we invaded Iraq.

I believe that we did that to try to create the world's largest aircraft carrier (Iraq) right in the middle of the Middle East. The plan, I believe, was that the "carrier" (USS IRAQ) was to base a large American military force that would pacify the entire region indefinitely.

But President Bush never said that at all - even though, in my view, it made perfect sense. Instead, he said we needed to destroy the (apparently) non-existant or at least minimal WMD program; Get rid of Sadam (who we had supported for decades); and "Bring Democracy" to the area - non of which made real sense.

It may still work...