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The Su-35 procurement is not only a defense deal but also a strategic manifestation, proving the bitter cost of appeasement and naivety.

Existing planes "did not have the capabilities needed to compete in future combat scenarios," the Government Accountability Office said.

Without congressional intervention, the Air Force's ability toconduct air superiority missions will be increasingly at risk overthe next three decades.

The immediate threat to America's air power does not originate from foreign nations, but from President Obama's fiscal year 2010 defense budget request that would halt funding for key replacement programs, such as the F-22. Congress needs to ensure that the U.S. military acquires new and replacement fighters to eliminate the fighter gap.

Britain is America's most reliable and effective ally. Theresolution of the tension between America's internationalobligations and its refusal to become an imperial power, and theresolution of the conflict between the unipolar and multipolarmodels, is, in the end, the same: It is the Special Relationshipbetween Britain and America.