On 2008-03-05 14:33:40 -0800, "Blueskies" said:


"John T" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/...r_force_tanker

Whooo-weee. The political feathers are gonna fly on *this* one.

Now we're outsourcing the military, too?

No doubt about the political consideration, but I have to ask about
"The Grape." (http://www.alexisparkinn.com/fuel_truck.htm) Why didn't
you buy a junked American truck? Surely you could've found one for a
similar price if you'd just kept looking. Isn't this the same concept
just scaled up to transport category?

I'm with you on the preference to "buy American," but as a taxpayer, I
want the best deal for my money. Unfortunately, that sometimes means
buying something from a foreign provider. This does border on a whole
web of issues that starts with the question of "who will provide the
materiel during times of war?" but I'm not going there. Suffice it to
say we all need to start thinking of a global economy - which in a
strategic sense actually has a dampening effect on conflict even if it
does ruffle the occasional nationalistic feather or two.

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No problem at all with me buying chinese or mexican stuff or other
imported stuff, but as far as our military, we need to maintain the
capability to produce these core items in country, unless of course we
are going to be sure that the euros become a part of the US of A. It is
pretty odd that no new states have joined the union in the last almost
50 years. Maybe it is time to ask more to join? hmmm, Puerto Rico said
no....

We have not been able to supply our military without imported materials
and weapons since before the end of WW II. The Boeing 767 tanker was
mostly made in Canada, Japan and China. And then there is the problem
with raw materials, which come from all over the world.
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