DOes it really make sense to procure our sensitive and quite important military equipment and parts from outside the US? WE already get FAR too much of our oil from folks that hate us and want us dead -
It's kind of like how alarmed I have become at how much of our food supply now comes from CHINA. I just cannot comprehend buying necessities from CHINA or any other part of the world where we face any sort of threat. The more we import, the less we make ourselves - and industries forget how to make some things...
We can help ourselves, by shopping at a store which uses our LOCAL farmers.
Here in San Diego we have a couple - and I love to buy my veggies and fruits from them .. they actually have flavor .. when I cut a cucumber, the aroma waffs up immediately. With hothouse cukes, you don't have that great aroma. Same with tomatoes or carrots.