The right side of the road is actually on...the right side of the road.

I have no idea if that’s true, but it’s a good story.

They had a 50% chance of getting it right.

If you donate too often, you’ll go blind.

Within the constraints of the discussion, I don’t think China will be selling Taiwan fighters though.

Taiwan sadly, for two reasons. There is a high theft/secret stealing within the Taiwanese military that is usually a result of China enticing high ranking military personnel with money and women. Also anytime we sell military supplies to Taiwan, China gets angry, usually threatening to stop communication between us.…

B1, B2, F117

In that it has out-dated systems like the F-22A and has twin engines...

Close, but this is closer.

And we can’t let Robert Gates off the hook either. From what I understand, he really spearheaded the idea to cut off F-22 production.

This is a subjective opinion.

True, but there was also a Senate vote to stop production. The vote was 58 - 40.

Congress never allowed Lockheed to export the F-22, and production ended at 187 aircraft (750 were originally planned).  Australia, Japan and Israel expressed interest in buying them.

There are significant differences between domestic and export versions of the aircraft.  Some countries make significant improvements to the baseline capabilities that they won’t share even with US.  Israel has a pretty hot-rod version with lots of their own secret squirrel stuff on it.  

Just like how they copy Range Rovers? 

The US doesn’t have a dog in the fight re: natural resources there. The Philippines fucked themselves when they kicked the US military out...

Or wait a few more years, and then our national budget will be entirely military spending!

It’s like an F-22 had a baby with an F-35, which raises a whole bunch of fighter jet incest questions.

For better or worse Law and Order SVU will run forever...

More laws and more restrictions would be better to combat the actual big problem, which is worker exploitation that falls far short of human trafficking. There’s a reason that news stories about strip clubs misclassifying dancers as independent contractors are part of the regular cycle. It’s really sad that protecting…