
Originally Posted by
Seran
While Fox News and the French government busily act out hammy scenes from a Shakespeare tragedy as best to convey the agony of betrayal, I wonder if true Republicans see the irony of it.
Australians sought a product, they put forward a bid to which the French won. As pointed out, the submarines are yet built or delivered six years into the contract. Meanwhile a better offer for advance hardware becomes available, one that'll allow the country to better protect itself and to help curb Chinese aggression and expansion. Without surprise, they canceled the contract and will pay a 'relatively' small amount of damages.
The irony, isn't a free market what Republicans have crowed about all along? That without regulation, a market will naturally find its own balance with supply and demand? Why shouldn't the Australian government be lauded for exercising it's national interests to exit an unfulfilled contract to obtain a vastly superior product?
Sad days for the Republican party, truly its lost its way.