yea, there's got to be a balance with priorities. I remember in the 90's when the Pentagon thought could win future wars from the air and cutback on ground troops, now we're paying for it. I wonder who's gonna get shitcanned in 15 years when our troops are getting bombed because we don't own the air?ISR is great, but it does not put ordnance on the bad guy's skull.
Everything has it's place in the force, but to say that "ISR is where it's at" is just as misguided as putting all your eggs in an Air Dominance basket. All those Preds will give the Generals a great view of the F-15s and F-18s getting shot down by Flankers and SA-10/20s in the Straits.