Almost all NATO and other allied countries are buying the F-35s because it is a no brainer in terms of state of the art technology and the operational capabilities that flow from this.

The Canadian procrastination and gyrations are entirely a consequence of The Boy Blunder's political need to criticize and be seen as different from Harper and his choices.

If all you care about is winning and keeping power, such considerations as wasting billions of tax dollars, leaving the air force high and dry while you dick around for political posturing purposes, and then buying second best weapons choices for the folks on the aerial and other front lines of combat is unimportant.

The other explanation can only be that after his bit part several years ago as a Lower Canada soldier on a CBC docudrama about the War of 1812 our delusional and doltish dilettante determined that he was a military expert.

It is to laugh (unless you are an RCAF pilot).

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