From Worldwide War Pigs:
U.S. budget insanity means that the air power roadmap will have a high risk of becoming strategically weak. Many that don't have the foresight, think that future threats can be managed. Go ahead. Roll the dice.
The problem with this thinking is that man has always been bad about predicting the future. Worse with a downturn in the world economy, threat prediction becomes even more iffy. The best thing one can be is prepared.
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My Comment: Politicians in Washington are more worried about the present financial/economic crisis .... building a few F-22s is low on their priority list. Oh woe is us in the next few years.