@CourtneyMil
LM have not been flawless in the programme and there's nothing wrong with examining those flaws. The press and other open sources have often been dramatically wrong or just plain disingenuous (been wanting to use that word for years). We are fortunate to have lots of well-informed people here to keep us all straight when the arguments go beyond the bounds of reason.
Understatement of the week.
The armed services (at the program level) on this side of the pond, have certainly not helped that problem.
All firestorms aside, I am reminded of the V-22's consistently bad press and being bashed as it worked its way to IOC. And then, it went operational.
It's done a pretty solid job ... but like the F-35, is freakin' expensive.