We are just as committed to the F35 since we did not pull out of the JSF development program.

This is good sense for our government not to purchase the F35 at this time.  It is clearly still in a development phase.  Why should we buy the F35s now and let them fall out of the skies when it hasn`t worked out the bugs yet.

They are too costly for us to even afford to lose one.  Best to wait until later to buy the final product.