Tom Cotton actually said...

In the end, I think some kind of genuine action on our part is going to be necessary; otherwise, they will present us with a fait accompli i...

My response would be, first, we don't spend that much money on them, in the context of the defense budget.

Are we putting the kind of resources we need to into this immediate problem of the maintenance and flight readiness of these aircraft?

I think deterrence works best when deterrence is clear, as with relationships that we have with NATO, Taiwan, and so forth.