some years ago there was cereal commercial in which children were debating whether or not to eat what had been placed in front of them.  one of them suggested 'hey, let's give it to mikie...he'll eat anything!'  
warmaking congresscritters, upon hearing that the f-35 is a 1 trillion dollar (that's a one with 12 zeros!) disaster that nobody wants and no pilots want to fly saying 'hey, let's give it to alaska...they'll eat anything!'