# Nice Going, Obama! (Brazil Chooses SAAB over Boeing) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780 "2013-12-20T00:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/21 "2013-12-20T13:20:20Z")
Just another SAAB story. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/22 "2013-12-20T13:25:20Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > The deal is for 36 fighters, so it seems a pretty decent number. The figure 100 has also been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/23 "2013-12-20T13:27:04Z")
Everybody knows it was Obamacare that ruined the sale, not Snowden. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/24 "2013-12-20T13:33:15Z")
Well, they’ll be sorry when their pilots are sitting on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a busted fuel pump and a blown head gasket. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/25 "2013-12-20T13:39:51Z")
So Brazil, a country with much more to spend its money on than money available, chooses a cheaper fighter jet over an American one? Isn’t that how we LIKE to see governments work - spend less of their tax dollars and get good value for their money. In the U.S. it might be worth using Boeing for “American Jobs” - but Brazil doesn’t care if they are American jobs, German jobs or French jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/26 "2013-12-20T13:41:05Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Well, they’ll be sorry when their pilots are sitting on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a busted fuel pump and a blown head gasket. Yeah, cause everyone knows that German engineering sucks ass and their manufacturing is only suited to children’s toys at the dollar store 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/27 "2013-12-20T13:52:01Z")
Nixon\* started it. arooo! \*a diehard Republican, in case your memory doesn’t go back that far. ---
**Author:** ![Mogle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mogle/32/12021_2.png) [@Mogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/28 "2013-12-20T14:15:40Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Yeah, cause everyone knows that German engineering sucks ass and their manufacturing is only suited to children’s toys at the dollar store 🙂 German? 😕 Saab is Swedish(and sold the car division to GM in the 1990s). ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/29 "2013-12-20T14:37:15Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Well, they’ll be sorry when their pilots are sitting on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a busted fuel pump and a blown head gasket. Or just trying to figure out where the blasted key is supposed to go. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/30 "2013-12-20T14:39:32Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Well, they’ll be sorry when their pilots are sitting on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a busted fuel pump and a blown head gasket. I can see the Viagra commercial already. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/31 "2013-12-20T14:57:16Z")
If only Obama hadn’t signed the overreaching USA PATRIOT Act after he didn’t manage to prevent the September 11th attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/32 "2013-12-20T15:18:21Z")
> [@Mogle](#): > > German? 😕 Saab is Swedish(and sold the car division to GM in the 1990s). You know, I almost looked it up because I wasn’t 100% sure, but Swedes are pretty well known for their ability to build a quality product as well. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/33 "2013-12-20T15:25:26Z")
All kidding aside, why is it so funny when Obama manages to convert an American ally into an unfriendly neighbor. But that is par for the course, with the amateur government we have! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/34 "2013-12-20T15:26:39Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Well, they’ll be sorry when their pilots are sitting on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a busted fuel pump and a blown head gasket. At 1am. Ah, memories. The cowlings probably open from the wrong side, too. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/35 "2013-12-20T15:26:54Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > You know, I almost looked it up because I wasn’t 100% sure, but Swedes are pretty well known for their ability to build a quality product as well. IKEA. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/36 "2013-12-20T15:29:54Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Just another SAAB story. Yup. Nothing to see here. The whole story lacks interest - it’s rather Boeing. > [@QuickSilver](#): > > IKEA. IKEA what you did there… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/37 "2013-12-20T15:40:45Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > IKEA. 😃 I’m imagining a humongous box showing up containing millions of parts of an unassembled jet, a phonebook sized cartoon instruction book, and a single allen wrench. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/38 "2013-12-20T15:43:49Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > All kidding aside When do we get to the kidding aside part? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/39 "2013-12-20T15:44:25Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > All kidding aside, why is it so funny when Obama manages to convert an American ally into an unfriendly neighbor. That’s not the funny part. > [@ralph124c](#): > > But that is par for the course, with the amateur government we have! Yeah, they’re no match for the professional critics who would fix everything in a day and half, at a 10th of the cost. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780/40 "2013-12-20T15:45:34Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > All kidding aside, why is it so funny when Obama manages to convert an American ally into an unfriendly neighbor. > But that is par for the course, with the amateur government we have! All kidding aside, where did you get the whacky idea that the Snowden revelations had anything at all to do with this plane deal? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-going-obama-brazil-chooses-saab-over-boeing/676780.md?page=3)