Lonewolf_50
There is some truth in the "F-35 is the plane that ate the Pentagon."
I am a firm believer in learning from history, nothing describes the F-35 Program better than this:
January 17, 2014, 53 Years To The Day That Eisenhower Warned Of The Military-Industrial Complex
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
One has to be brainwashed or brain dead to believe the F-35 program represents anything more than a boondoggle for the complex at taxpayer's expense.