Outsourcing Logistics

Pudnetilla at skippy notices that Bu$hCo's outsourcing the Merchant Marine:

"...three-fourths of the cargo ships in a special fleet carrying vital supplies to us military forces are owned by foreign companies, raising concerns about the lack of american-owned vessels to help the pentagon in a global crisis, according to government records reviewed by the globe..."

...we guess to have an american merchant marine, the reds in congress would have to be willing to support and industry in the u.s. that provided good-paying, unionized jobs to u.s. citizens. now why on god's green earth would they do that? at some point folks are just going to have to accept that aWol is not an american in the sense that we have traditionally understood the term. he is, in fact, the international financial aristocracy's man in america. their interests are not served by a vibrant manufacturing sector in the u.s. which provides stable jobs with good wages and benefits to working folks. [Emphasis mine]

Indeed not. A self-sufficient, prosperous America with a high standard of living wouldn't be globalized. Because it's not just America: if every nation on earth decided to go it alone without multinational corporate control, the whole international network of financial interests would be upset!