Comment by celsoazevedo
11 hours ago
I'm not a native English speaker, so it's possible I'm misunderstanding something (my apologies in that case). Here's my reasoning:
- The title is "F-35 is built for the wrong war".
- The article suggests that the plane was designed to deal with other threats, not with many cheap drones and missile salvos. That it's a bad tool for the tasks it is now is used for. It's not about war being right/wrong or good/bad.
- You ask "Is there a “right” war?".
These are two different discussions.
A terrible example, but it's like having a title called "Hammer was built for the wrong DIY project" and an article that points out that "they designed/bought hammers when they actually needed a screwdriver!" and you ask if "any DIY project is right". Sure, it's related, but that's a different point/discussion, isn't it? Not exactly something I'd expect to be upvoted, hence my initial comment.
I didn't reply to defend any war or to justify the use of any weapon. I also don't have a problem with anti-war comments. But these guys are talking about the F-35 not being good at dealing with cheap drones and missile salvos, while you're talking about war being good or bad.
As long one doesn't twist what I wrote or assume bad faith, it should be easy to understand the point I was trying to make and where I was coming from.
With this out of the way, and since I'm neither qualified to talk about the F-35 nor see the need to discuss if war is good (it's not), I will now leave the thread.
Comparing DIY to war is another level of ignorance.
Well I guess the only thing I can ask you to please stop whataboutism and think about the consequences of the things rather than doing logical check.
I did not compare DIY to war, I gave you an example - even called it a terrible example! - to show how your comment and the article are about different subjects. If this is "whataboutism", then I don't know what that word means any more.
And I do think about the consequences of these weapons, both offensively and defensively, but I will focus on that on a thread about the consequences of war, not on one that asks if the plane is good at shooting down waves of offensive drones or not.
You know that part about not twisting what I wrote or assuming bad faith? This is why I wrote it. It's a shame that you've decided to ignore it... not a good way to have discussions online if one side does that.