The Air Force has a contract for $35 billion for military tanker aircraft. Boeing and the EU company EADS have already bid once on this contract and Boeing won. But EADS complained that the bid was not fair, so the US is going to let them bid again. Why? Is there political influence at high levels involved? is there a deal between US and EU political leaders to give them the contract as a sort of EU welfare hand-out?
In the first place, EADS has virtually no experience building military aircraft such as tankers. Secondly, is the EU subsidizing the EADS company, whereas Boeing is a free enterprise and is not subsidized? And third, Boeing has exactly the type of aircraft the Air Force needs and has many years of experience in building and supplying all kinds of military aircraft to the US Air Force. If EADS is selected as the contract winner, we would have to hold their hand and show them what to do every step of the way. How much longer would deliveries take do you think?
Why in the world would the Air Force even qualify EADS to bid on the contract? It is very suspicious that political pressure from somewhere is involved. (Alabama would get a plant to build parts of the aircraft if EADS is the winner.)
If we are going to buy foreign made aircraft for military use, at least we should buy from a country that knows how to build military aircraft. Why not Russia, for example? We are already buying their Mi17 helicopters for use by Iraq and Afghanistan forces. Why not let Russia bid on the tanker contract? Politics again?
Americans, wake up! The leftist politicians are running our economy into the ground by foreign "free trade" and give-aways like the tanker contract.
Call and write your Congressman and tell him how you feel about what is happening to us.
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