Comment by tpatke

I assume this is because Tim Cook is bowing to political pressure where Steve Jobs refused. Remember when Steve Jobs said, "Those jobs aren’t coming back" [1]? The question is - why now?

Hacker News discussion [2].

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and...

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3494389