I am usually a “McCain hater” but unless we find out McCain twisted someone’s arm illegally, I don’t see anything that McCain did wrong in this deal. The Air Force made the decision.
However, the author of this article did not bother to mention that the US government is suing EADS for unfair trade (received illegal govermnent subsidies).
Furthermore, EADS sold Nickel 63 and so-called “Tritium Targets” – both crucial to triggering a nuclear explosion – to the South Korean firm Kyung-Do Enterprises, which sold themto Parto Namaje Tolua, a front for the state-owned Iranian firm Partoris.
Russia owns 5% of Airbus. What does the Air Force comment? That it wasn’t their responsibility to take US national security into account. That is really a major WTF.
Boeing is dirty, but to me Airbus is a bigger worry, especially given the Air Force’s indifference to security.
Yeah, well there's plenty enough of that to go around here.
I've never understood all this "hate" stuff.
I figure it this way...
Do we want to survive, or don't we.
Roll the dice, pick your cupie doll.
When all is said and done, where does a blind man go?
Boeing has a design office in Russia, and the Russian office designed the modifications to the Boeing 747 DreamLifter that is carrying parts for the new 787 from around the globe to Washington for final assembly.
Your point?