Mike,
What you seem to fail to understand here, is that EddieR and mostly all of those who think like him, could care less if Puerto Ricans are striped off their US citizenship. In fact, that's exactly what they want!!! To erase all traces of "Yanqui imperialism" among Puerto Ricans.
Your idea is very realistic, and I think you are an independentista with your feet "en la tierra". Unfortunately, the majority of independentistas think like EddieR and Bori.
They don't want to accept the reality that more than 90% of those of us who live here (and probably those who live in the States), do not wish to have that citizenship taken away.
Oh, yeah they will come up with numerous reasons why Puerto Ricans who think like that are so incorrect. Whether it is due to fear, convenience, or God knows what 90% of us want that citizenship, is not the relevant issue here. The real issue here which these people don't want to accept is that WE want US citizenship for us and our children and grandchildren.
So your take on the various types of arrangements we could settle with the US is very realistic and I even dare to say something like that is very likely to happen.
COngratulations.
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