Inside the Pentagon's Trillion Dollar F-35 Embarrassment

[wandy]

1. Yes, but you see this is why you have to have WAR...........

You win WAR with superior air power. You dare not have a WAR if the 'enemy' has superior air power.
So you start by showing a ruthless despot gassing his own people.
Pictures of rebel hoards killing indiscriminately.
Then you proclaim that we can win this WAR if we had superior air power.
And we can do that by continuing to fund superior air power that.....

"When the planes aren't grounded, they're forbidden to fly in bad weather, combat missions or at night."

And a good time and considerable profit are had by all, of the right people.