http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbofan
I'm not talking about the fact that it has a blade spinning around. I'm referring to the fact that jets are so gawd-awful ugly-lookin'.
At least the ones they've come up with so far.
They have no appeal. No romance. They're just extra-noisy blow dryers.
I understand that they serve a purpose. "Art" has turned into "utility". Nothing wrong with that; it's happened with military firearms as well.
It's possible someone could come up with a neat-looking jet, I just highly doubt it'll ever happen.
As far as the F22 goes, I saw it fly not too long ago on one of my lunch breaks. It is pretty agile for a jet, but it's still ridiculously clumsy compared to a raptor.
They'll never be able to compete with real raptors in looks or ability. And they'll never have the romantic appeal of an F4U, P51, Spitfire, SE5A, etc...