Many probably thought this way on December 6, 1941

Transcript from the weak 60 minutes effort. A worrying and unsupportable quote from it below.

Lt. Col. David Berke says there’s no comparison between the F-35 and today’s jet fighters.
David Berke: I’m telling you, having flown those other airplanes it’s not even close at how good this airplane is and what this airplane will do for us.

David Martin: We have planes that are as fast as this.

David Berke: You bet.

David Martin: And can maneuver just as sharply as this one.

David Berke: Sure.

David Martin: So why isn’t that good enough?

David Berke: Those are metrics of a bygone era. Those are ways to validate or value an airplane that just don’t apply anymore.

So according to that kind of ignorance, we don't need the F-22.