You make it sound that it is solely the fault of the politicians that the JSF turned out the way it is today.
Ummmm, no. There's lots and lots of blame to go around. My point was to rebut your (utterly false) assertion that the government had little or no responsibility, when in fact they carry the biggest burden of blame. Congress put the contractors AND the armed services into a box they are struggling mightily to live with.
And my apologies for the tone of my post. I will endeavor to fix that.