Saturday, March 5, 2011

Thailand Tried to Buy F-16s with 80,000 Tons of Frozen Chicken. And the US Helped. [Blip]

So what do you do when you're a sovereign government that's short on fighter jets and cash, but flush with frozen chicken? Call up Lockheed Martin! According to a WikiLeaked cable, the US State Department helped broker such a deal between the Thais and Lockheed Martin. It almost happened, were it not for a coup that ousted the poultry-pushing buyers. Oh well. [Atlantic Wire] More »


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ZDWHuSaergQ/thailand-tried-to-buy-f+16s-with-80000-pounds-of-frozen-chicken-and-the-us-helped

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