Troll, I didn't say I BELIEVED it, only that it was no more far-fetched than some of the right-wing garbage that's actually been bandied about.  :-)  I'm actually no fan of Clinton's or of the "New Democrats" a.k.a. moderate Republicans.

As far as the benefit being "undefinable", have you missed the reports that since the "incident" congressmen are falling over one another in the rush to support the sale to Taiwan?- seems pretty concrete ta me.

Best, Greg