Boeing is swearing up and down that it has not abandoned Kansas. Sure, just a few weeks ago, it ordered the shuttering of its Wichita plant — a move that put 2,160 people out of work and raised hackles across the state.
I recently had a chat with an executive of a major Israeli defense company about his business strategy for the U.S. He told me that, given the reality of American protectionism, he didn’t see the value of PR.