Dan, every weapons system seems to have growing pains. Were you around for the Pentagon Paradox and the F-18? If you were the gullible person you present yourself as, why, we should never have bought the F-18! Well, we did anyway, and it pretty much works.
Oddly enough, the F-111 came in for the same sort of criticism when it first arrived, with much complaint and mockery of its being designed to fit numerous roles, doing neither particularly well, but turning into a decent strike aircraft anyway, and a fine fast E jamming platform.
You ought to take what the media puts out with a more critical eye, as I did up there, because this is simply more of the same.
Whatever complaint you, or the author have, with V-22, is about fifteen years late. The opportunity cost has been paid, the decision taken.
You don't get the money back, the Frogs aren't coming back, and the Marines still need medium lift.
Beyond that, it's all about the whining, which you FOD the thread with.
How's that bridge working out, Dan?