Too vigorous on the F-22

This is a ridiculous sentence by an otherwise quite reasonable author.

"And even if China were building Raptor-level fighters, there’s no reason to assume Beijing has designs on the U.S. interests — unless for some reason you consider the defense of Taiwan a strategic imperative for Washington."

Way too much of a jump there. A U.S. interest and a strategic imperative are fairly different things. Also, why does Beijing need to have designs on U.S. interests today, when the fighter production we are talking about right now would cover the next decade.

I totally agree, though, it is a great thing the F-22 extra funding was voted down by the Senate. I just think Axe overstated his case.