Or they can do it the right way, without sending people to jail or breaking regulations/laws, and pick the correct and most capable aircraft. It is the military after all, is it impossible for them to man up?

If the future of the USAF dictated we would be best served by 2 models of tankers (there are benefits to a small and large tanker system - similar to the -135 and -10 setup) than so be it. But to do it because you are incapable of running a legal acquisition process and that is what makes everyone happy is BS.