BEST FIGHTER FOR CANADA

Godzilla facepalm.  It's that epic. Late last week, a group representing "over 35" Canadian industrial partners involved with F-35 production carpet bombed  sent a "open letter" to Canadian media outlets.  Predictably, they insist that an actual competition would be unnecessary, expensive, and time consuming.  They also warn of impending doom should Canada delay ordering the Joint Strike Fighter any longer.  Nevermind that these are the same companies that stand to profit from an F-35 selection and are certainly biased. The open letter can be seen here at the Ottawa Citizen  or  here at Canadian Skies magazine .  I'm sure it is available a few more places as well. The "Canadian JSF Industry Group" (CJIG for short) falls back on the same tropes and myths that most F-35 supporters do; claiming that Canada would lose out on billions of dollars worth of work and risk missing out on all that JSF wonderfulness. Right... Let us just go with a...