I wish I could post my Delta Wing variant of the F-5/F-20 I have done with "paint.net". Almost Rafale-ish without the Canard.
Yes your point is valid...
Also were are all the other good ideas, the YF-23 and the F16XL-IN, again the fighter mafia...
Watch this video, and ask did the best plane win? i.e. the F-22...