"Having liquid STEEM allows you more options than having Steem Power in which takes weeks to fully turn liquid."

Indeed! Better still, simply sell your Steem or trade them in for another coin. I think you would be much better off in the long run. Holding on to Steem may very well mean that you will lose everything.

"You should also keep in mind that Justin Sun spent millions to aquire these new assests (Steemit and his STEEM tokens) and it isn't likely he wishes to see either burn to the ground."

While I do not think that Justin Sun has any intention of letting it "burn to the ground", I do think that Steemit / Steem as we know them, have now come to an end. I also think that you would be surprised to know just how little Mr. Sun actually paid for Steem / Steemit. In fact, I see this as being much more of a bailout than a purchase, since Steemit was rapidly failing due to its fraud and corruption, brought on primarily by those like @themarkymark (even a Steemit witness) and his small army of thieves who essentially stole Steem from the vast majority of Steemit members in order to fill their own greedy pockets. True criminals indeed!