Hacker News Reader

You mean , like Asml , Zeiss and Jenoptics aren't national manufacturing capabilities? Or ist just your head national = American, western = American and not German , Dutch, European not Western?

View on HN

For an American, national means built in the US. Unless you believe that Germany and other Europeans are just colonies of the US.

I think the parent was gently asking: who said anything about the US?

Well GP spoke about Western leaders and National strategies. I guess GP forgot some European companies.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com