[Southack]

"Why do we want to do the Russians any favors while putting friendly Canadians and patriotic Alabamans out of work?"

As an Alabamian, I can tell you that if it saves U.S. lives, buy it...from here, from there, wherever. Our economy here in Alabama will be just fine. Take care of our troops, first.

Now, with that said; slat armor is just metal. Steel-workers in Canada, Russia, Alabama, Japan, China, wherever...can all make it competitively. The price difference is *not* large. On days when the U.S. Dollar drops, Alabama steel is often the world's cheapest, in fact.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

I took A. Pole to mean replace the Stryker vehicle with the BTR-80. Would you rather see the US Army get vehicles from Nizhny Novgorod instead of Alabama?