Pretty sure that the political trends do not favor anywhere close to the manifest destiny of the ego driven ME3. They are in a hysteria over this and the amount of money at stake is obvious. Obviously, you can never underestimate the power of bribes, extortion and corruption, but it looks like our chances are fairly good for at the very least some meaningful reform and at best stopping the predatory ME3 cold in their tracks. Its cool you disagree. We get the allure of shiny new widebodies and tax free income. Yes Captain, No Captain, etc. Its appealing. So keep cheerleading. But hey if that doesn't work, just play the race card, or call those that disagree with you crazy.