Did everyone forget about outsourcing and how outsourcing works?

The dudes in Eastern-Wherever not asking what something means is the scary part. You only find out at the end how deeply confused everyone was when making the thing. You can fix it with attention and management, but then only some projects sometimes are profitably outsourced and you still need competency.

Do they have a point?

Can't good marketing teams, backed up by World Class Product people, sell anything we build, more or less?

</devil's advocate>