The A-10 retirement is simply a repeat of history by those who’ve failed to learn from history.
Retirement?
What word works for you when a plane is removed from service? Sending it to Davis-Monthan AFB for storage in the desert doesn’t qualify for “scrapped” but maybe “grounded” would be the better term. Bottom line, the plan was to make it no longer available for the CAS mission at which it excelled.