I don't think it's a matter of protectionism. It's a matter of other
countries opening up their markets.


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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:28:35 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

I think there's some relevance, although not about the security issue.
Seems
to me it's an open trade-like issue that should be examined. If they can
own
a company here, why is it so difficult to open one there....

There are many countries of the world that are not nearly as open to
foreign
investment as we are. Whether we should be more protectionist in that
regard, and whether we should seek to restrict foreign investment as a
tool
for opening others' capital markets is a different discussion. Generally,
I
think the answer is no, but that general discussion has little to do with
the transaction under discussion, and it seems to me that the very act of
looking for such excuses weakens the claims of opponents of the
transaction.