[rlmorel]

I understand the shortcomings of the Boeing tanker, but there is no way we should purchase an Airbus product for the military.

I don’t have an issue if we buy a foreign rifle or other kind of equipment, but there is no way we should buy a big ticket item like that from another country.

I know others feel differently, so it is my opinion.

[Semper Vigilantis]

We went through this years ago, I believe John 'My Turn" McCain was pushing for Airbus. Many KC-135 drivers I knew were saying if they had to drive an airbus with 200,000 lbs of jet fuel they would go civilian air.
The joke back then was
What's the 1st line in the Airbus AFM/POH emergency procedures?
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del
Of course just about everything nowadays is computerized fly by wire so it may not apply anymore.