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I saw Transformers last night and I'm happy to report that the US Air Force has finally found a legitimate rationale for its pricey white elephant of an air superiority fighter: They're ideal in case you need to call in an airstrike against an invading group of alien robots. Well worth the hundreds of millions per plane that they cost."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:729","displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"__typename":"Author","slug":"matthew-yglesias","socialMedia":[]}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/more-than-meets-the-eye/43079/","title":"More Than Meets The Eye","seoTitle":"More Than Meets The Eye","dateModified":"2010-05-03T20:18:59Z","datePublished":"2007-07-08T15:41:17Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"More Than Meets The Eye","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"hasAudioRights":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/43079/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/more-than-meets-the-eye/43079/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageGift2x1":null,"shareImageGiftSmall":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["pricey white elephant","air superiority fighter","legitimate rationale","invading group","alien robots","Air Force"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"more-than-meets-the-eye","grapeshot":{"segments":["politics_tbs_anyrisk","shadow9hu7_pos_israel_conflict","shadow9hu7_pos_lexus_fy23","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gb_death_injury_news-ent","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_core","shadow9hu7_pos_safe_strict","tbs_anyrisk","shadow9hu7_pos_goldman_sachs","pos_gucci","pos_mastercard","pos_oceangate","pos_safety_delta","gs_genres","gs_genres_scifi","shadow9hu7_pos_jpmc","gs_politics","gs_war_conflict","gv_military","gs_entertain_movies","gs_entertain","shadow9hu7_pos_customtopics","ukraineinvasion_excl","gt_positive","gt_positive_happiness","gs_science_misc","gs_travel","gs_travel_type","gs_travel_air","gs_travel_type_air"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"tags":[]}}

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