It looks like the Replica program owes alot to the work BAE did with McDonnell Douglas on their JSF proposal.

yeah it does look kinda cool, it makes one wish that the Brits never participated in EAF and JSF and stuck to developing this. of course the latter happened because it did .

Hitler would’ve been replaced by Charlie Chaplin, same charisma, same fame, same moustache.

The problem here wouldn’t be that Turkey would be in danger of a possible retaliation or crisis with Iran and so they must maintain the appearance of being neutral. The problem is that whatever appearance they maintain, if they appear guilty in the eyes of their population there’s bound to be trouble, for the fragile Islamist government, the Military which is just waiting for a chance like this to intervene, etc. etc.

And Iran’s nuclear program IS less of a threat than it is to Israel.;-)

As much as 25% of Iran’s population are Turkic closely related to Turkish and Azerbaijanis. Since Turkey has tended to be pan-Turkic, I think they wouldn’t mind the idea of the emergence of another Turkic state coming out of Iran.

That’s the British for you, F-18. 🙂

Seriously, though, don’t take a large majority in Parliament as evidence of massive popularity.

The British “first past the post” electoral system always exaggerates the level of support for the winner.

What are the chances of Tony winning a re-election then? Like Americans, I always hear such opposition and disapproval of their leaders yet they keep coming back.

I’m not sure what kind of electorial system you guys have as Britain is one of the few only euro countries where i have NOT been.. but I sure hope they can emulate the Finnish example.