In summary, while he does not endorse the way in which F35 has monopolised funding and procurement budgets, he is of the view that it has survived the 'death spiral' and as it is what many countries are going to get, they will have to make the best of it.
Indeed, once it goes past the point of no return it becomes a "to big to fail item", hence it will be made to work no matter what.
What worries me is an over an over reliance on a single platform by to many of the same allies at once. Imagine every thing starting to go to hell in a hand basket after its been in service for a while, and a sudden a problem surfaces with it that can't be ignored.