Points taken Climebear, but at least he claimed paternity, and saw the offspring through its infancy. As to being...
doctrinally blinkered and tied to the primacy of strategic bombing (the bomber will always get through).... This focus was often at the expense of other elements of air power - in particular fighter development.
Enough of our bombers did get through in the ensuing nastiness to contribute greatly to final victory, though at awful cost to all concerned. Contrast that to being doctrinally blinkered to the primacy of fighters...at the expense of other elements of airpower- in particular AT and RW, as if!