Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid

Re:Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid by hcarvalhoalves on Thursday December 19, 2013 @12:06AM (#6933014)

First, the Boeing offer wasn't even top 5 anymore. The only companies still on the bid were Dassault and Saab (favored by the military). Then, out of the blue, they come and announce... "we finally settled on Saab instead of Boeing because of NSA"... Give me a break.

Dilma is crazy to boost the government's image, internal and worldwide, making our country look like a bastion of freedom and democracy, when we both know it's none of that (unless you work for the government).

I agree with everything said about NSA, but we can't be naive to the fact this is going to be used as a PWMD (Political Weapon of Mass Destruction) to justify anything from now on.

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Re:Saab wins Brazil jets deal after NSA spying sours Boeing bid by buzaga41 on Thursday December 19, 2013 @08:30AM (#6934493)

They're just passing the political bill for the USA to pay, of course it wasn't the reason for the deal, things aren't that simple. But politics is everywhere, the USA is always trying to get it's way, has used spying to cut deals, spies on everyone, etc... I'm all for all countries everywhere playing this card every time they can, why not?

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