F-35 and the Brits.

Today is the day that the Brits finally decide (again) which version of the F-35 they're going to buy.

Everyone and their mother has been writing me sending me articles about the expected decision.

Quite honestly.

I don't care anymore.

What this is about isn't about their choice of airplane.  This is about the British people, their place in the world, how they see themselves, how we see them and what they actually are.

Just like everyone else I'll post the decision but (sorry my friends across the pond...I know you think I Brit bash but this is gonna be vicious) its going to be about the Brit people, its governement and its fall from world power to world disgrace.

Its gonna be a bumpy ride.  I can't wait to hear the official decision and official explanation.

via British Forces News.

Ministers are expected to confirm the choice of fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy's new carriers today - jump jets.
They have been considering whether to do a U-Turn and scrap a decision taken less than two years ago to move to a “cats and traps” take off and landing system for the carriers for the F35-C - or conventional version - Joint Strike Fighter.
The original choice of aircraft was a centrepiece of the Strategic Defence and Security Review in October 2010 and trumpeted by David Cameron as the best option. Since then the projected bill for converting the carriers has risen from four hundred million pounds to two billion.
If the government does opt for the short-take-off-vertical-landing option, it would mean switching back to the F35-B fighter, which has a shorter range and carries fewer weapons. It would also mean the UK's carrier fighter aircraft could not fly from French and American carriers.
It comes at a time when ministers want to be seen as keeping costs under control at the Ministry of Defence. A decision to order jump jets would also bring the carriers into operational service far sooner than was first envisaged.