> ...that is a strategic blunder of historic proportions... That's putting it lightly. No one who made these decisions actually understood the sophisticated in

> ...that is a strategic blunder of historic proportions... That's putting it lightly. No one who made these decisions actually understood the sophisticated interlocking nature of technology and interplay of knowledge innovation. And now that advanced techniques in weaving have to be rebuilt at the operational floor practically from the foundations on up to be re-purposed to advanced laminate manufacturing, do we realize that wholesale offshoring and dismantling our "low-margin" textile industry was perhaps a little premature... One of but countless examples where Western financialization interests not only shot themselves in the foot, but the shot the EMT's that came to try to help them.