Battle of the ages

Priciest US Weapon, the F-35, Just Attacked One of World’s Most Primitive Fighters, the Taliban

Why did the US military have a vertical-take-off F-35B launched from an aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean make an attack on a Taliban position in Afghanistan? Let’s say one thing from the get-go:  It was not because it was the right weapons system for the job. Nobody’s mentioning several things about this Pentagon-touted first-ever …