Obama does not want to spend money on military aircraft manufacturing.
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Building something like this is provocative. It will make other countries think we intend to attack or intimidate them and lead them to develop more and better weapons themselves. It would be ever so much better to stand down and don’t present such a threatening posture in the world. After all, the best and brightest always gravitate towards positions of power, and they can talk and reason through any disagreements.
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