You cannot afford to fly your fighters because of the dole, NHS and the council houses.
The US needs to show the rest of the world what the cost of their defense is, by letting them defend themselves.
No, we can’t afford to fly our fighters because they cost us as much as 16 space shuttles. They would have been cheaper if they’d been made out of Gold.
Whereas if we had brought F16s off the shelf we’d be doing a lot better.