"No my argument is that just like America decided that rare earths mining was gross and messy" By saying "just like that" you are implying the decision was sud

"No my argument is that just like America decided that rare earths mining was gross and messy" By saying "just like that" you are implying the decision was sudden and without reason. That's false. You also are basically saying "I'll be sorry" because the military needs them but are there alternatives and is it essential? Finally you used "gross" and "messy" as a manipulation technique. Messy is also used to describe anything from clothes left on the floor to in toys left out. Similar with "gross". You are trying to lump pollution with other benign activities to imply it isn't important.