EADS has kept up its momentum via the direct talks between the French and U.S. presidents this week on a variety of world issues. Among other topics, the leaders agreed on what they described as a fair process for the tanker bidding.
"It's in the interest of American taxpayers," said Obama, "and it's also in the interest of our young men and woman who rely on this equipment in order to protect this nation."
Sarkozy responded that he trusts Obama. "If you say to me that the request for proposals, the call for tenders, will be free, fair and transparent," said the French president, "then we say EADS will bid and we trust you."
Behind those benign words looms the titanic struggle for jobs and power among nations. The stakes were portrayed in a March 19, 2008 column by Washington-based commentator Wayne Madsen, a former National Security Agency analyst, Fox News contributor and active volunteer leader for McCain during his 2000 presidential campaign in Northern Virginia.
Madsen, now a TV commentator for the Russia Today cable program, wrote two years ago about McCain's 2008 efforts: "Tomorrow, McCain will be feted at a campaign luncheon at London's swank Spencer House at St. James Place by Lord Jacob Rothschild and Nathan Rothschild." Madsen went on to describe at length ties between U.S., EADS, Russian, Alabama and other leaders supported by such influential players as the Rothschild family and the Carlyle Group.
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