Is it Time to Fly the U.S. Flag upside down as a sign of "Dire Distress"?

[BloodEclipse]

Look at who builds the weapons for our military. FN is a foreign company making rifles as well as Beretta along with Airbus now with the tankers and I am sure others. How in the hell can we have foreign companies making equipment that our military depends on?

Not a very sound strategy in my view.

 

[SavageEagle]

Not a very sound strategy in my view.

Actually not a bad idea. We use their resources up while keeping ours in abundance. Kinda like with the whole oil thing. We have trillions of gallons, but we buy from other Countries. Use up theirs and hold on to ours. Not a bad plan if you ask me.

 

[BloodEclipse]

Actually not a bad idea. We use their resources up while keeping ours in abundance. Kinda like with the whole oil thing. We have trillions of gallons, but we buy from other Countries. Use up theirs and hold on to ours. Not a bad plan if you ask me.

We lose the skilled workforce. You don't just build factories overnight, make them run and keep them running with new untrained people.

 

[irishfan]

Actually not a bad idea. We use their resources up while keeping ours in abundance. Kinda like with the whole oil thing. We have trillions of gallons, but we buy from other Countries. Use up theirs and hold on to ours. Not a bad plan if you ask me.

It is a DUMB idea as FN had to build a factory in the US to meet the requirements for the military. Yes it is good that they brought some jobs here but how many could Colt, S&W, or another AMERICAN company employ if the military bought american? Instead of having american owned factories in the United States producing our military equipment we have a foreign owned group doing it. How can anybody make that seem like a good idea? Also, with Airbus getting in on the Air Force tankers you lose jobs from the Boeing plant here in the United States. It is OUR tax dollars that they are wanting to spend on foreign equipment instead of keeping americans in their jobs here.