I get it Ken, but I wonder if you do. You said it yourself - predominantly. While no one is saying that it is expected to have Raptor-esque air combat capabilities, LM itself said that it should be able (and would be, going by past statements) to dogfight to defend itself. According to the test pilot, it can't.
Wow. You actually have test metrics that show "it can't"? REALLY?!! And you have data that the aircraft does not meet performance specs or that the performance specs it was designed to are defective? REALLY?!!! And you really think that single blog post was meaningful, much less definitive? Especially since it was based on a test that did not measure nor was meant to measure overall air-to-air performance, using a test asset that did not include numerous features useful in an air-to-air scenario?
You're welcome to leap to such conclusions. Me, not so much.