LOL. Are you seriously heading into an argument that we're really to blame for terrorism because our military is too good? That's a pretty big stretch. Are you suggesting that al-Qiada and Hizballah and Amal and Hamas exist because we have F22s? Would terrorism be less of a problem in the "real world" if we only flew F6F's instead? How about Spads? There is no point at which absolute superiority in any area is detremental, there are just those that think that being the best just isn't "fair".
No no. You missed it completely.
What I was saying was that once you have complete superiority, even better weapons will not make a difference - they will not be used anyway. The current status of the US is that no opposing force can challange it in anything but skirmish infantry combat. For this reason, the F22s will put out a good airshow, some calendars with pretty pictures and star in a Hollywood movie, but other wise rust. Terrorism is used against the US because military might does not come into play.
The US has such a huge advantage that the only defenses other nations can have are: 1)The bomb, 2)Terrorism. Iran is afraid of a US attack, what does it use as a counter threat? a nuclear project and big talk about a terror wave the world has never seen. The latter is a threat of the consequence AFTER they "loose the war". What do they use as a lever against Israel attacking their facilities? a threat of their Lebanese branch "Hizballa" pinching Israel northern cities. Better fighters will make zero difference. Strike planes? maybe some room for improvement. Interceptors? come on, sound more like government aid to the aircraft industries.
