Regardless of that future, the political decision to only fund a one size fits all strike fighter aircraft has long since been made so that we, in the US, are going to dance with this girl at the prom since she's the only date who is available for the dance. For better AND for worse
Some countries are locked into that, some are only partly locked in, some are totally free to do something else so it is a bit relevant to question it. Not that anything said here matters.