Cry me a river...

[Gato_Solo]

Yep...this is about getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar, and then expecting things to go back to normal. Not that I wouldn't mind a US company getting the contract, but...if you behaved shady before, can you be trusted to act forthright now?

WASHINGTON — Boeing Co. on Monday said it will formally protest a $35 billion Air Force contract awarded to European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.

The Chicago-based aerospace company "found serious flaws in the process that we believe warrant appeal," Boeing's chairman and CEO, Jim McNerney, said in a statement.

Boeing's protest, to be filed Tuesday, compounds existing pressure on Air Force officials to explain their decision to award the high-stakes deal to a European company instead of an American one. There has been fierce backlash on Capitol Hill, led by lawmakers from Washington, Kansas and other states that would have gained jobs had Boeing won. Air Force officials have said the impact on American jobs was not one of their criteria for awarding the contract.

 

[Gonz]

Having a non-US company make out military goods is self-defeating. Spare parts are hard to come by, especially when they're coming from a country that's at war (with others or us)