I did not misquote you at all. Your first line that the loss of the car manufacturing industry would be a positive for the country, on the surface, sounds definitive , though you qualified it by that later part.
Thus, I suggested to you to take a broader picture view and emphasize the importance of a manufacturing capacity for national security reasons. Thus, the loss of the car manufacturing is NOT a positive for a country, whether you qualified it with that later bit or not. It is a bit like someone saying "I like it, but ...."
