Carcassman, I defer to your knowledge base on the politics here, but you must admit, that's a lot of "what-if". . .which is seldom a rational reason for avoiding action and continuing a doomed status quo.

That said, there might be a rare opportunity to work together here, which could lead to future collaboration (without which we're fvcked anyway),

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