Look, it ain't just about Oz.  Once the foreign sales door is open then the lobbyists will set in motion the escalating disclosure of F-22 tech and methods, which will be shared among self-interested friendlies and enemies alike.  That's partly why I despise sharing F-35 source with the UK.  I'll accept increased F-22 US buy simply to postpone expenditure on anti-Raptor-Raptor dev.  We absolutely need tankerage and other support more and thus need to delay as long as possible the spend on nextgen A2A. 

Our AF budget is going to experience significant overall cuts in the decade ahead, we would do well to mitigate effects.  Deny the foreign customer -- and our competitors -- the F-22 platform please.  We are not going to have the funds to counter tech transfer next round.  Many Americans will support sending our forces into a meat grinder before they support increased borrowing or taxation.  Eisenhower was right, the MI complex is just another self-sustaining profiteering bureaucracy.  Screw this spiral.  You're not getting more from my household.

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