Too simple, very naive

Just read a new argument for supporting offshore outsourcing, from the CEO of Parasoft. Quoting from Are Tech Jobs Moving Overseas?: 'Some residents of nations with few economic opportunities can turn to terrorism or cause other political instability, says Adam Kolawa, chief executive officer of Parasoft, a Monrovia, California, software vendor that uses offshore outsourcing. But countries with strong economic ties to the U.S. have little reason to target the nation, Kolawa says. "Offshore development is the best way to prevent going to war," he says.'

Doesn't he know most of American's (current and former) enemies: Osama Bin Laden, Taliban, Saddam Hussein, for example, used to have very strong ties to the US government? Why did they "betray" us?

Mr. "CEO": if you say you support offshore outsourcing since it helps to cut costs and thus make more money at your company, fine. It's a capitalist world. But saying things like "Offshore development is the best way to prevent going to war" is just naive.

Well, your big mouth has at least earn Parasoft some publicity. (Hmm.... I started thinking whether your company's name is inspired by parasite...)

[Updated] Came across a counter-argument in an interesting post on Yahoo's msg board about the danger of this practice: Eye-Opening Story on Indian IT industry