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Still, democracy seem to be functioning in Turkey. Maybe all they need is some time getting used to it.

Let's not mix up things. Turks are muslims, but not ethnic arabs, they are a different people, have a different language.

They've always been close to Europe and have civilian leadership for almost 100 years now...

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What RoAF said ! Turkish people originated from central Asia (Turkmenistan) about 10 centuries ago, Arabs originate from Middle East and they were present from much older times.

Turkey also abolished the theocratic monarchy system more than 100 years ago. While the theocratics vs. cosmopolitans still exists, it is not related to terrorism encountered by al-Qaeda, it's rather a form of social and power struggle without violence (minus some recent incidents). In that sense, Turkey is a state with islam as its formal religion, but it is completely unrelated to terrorism.

Besides, it is a wrong thought that islam alone is the source of terrorism, it's more the socio-politic conditions of the areas (which happen to be muslim because islam was founded there) that create their "need" for terrorism.

Too much off-topic sorry Embarassed

They may not be arabs, but one doesn't need to be in order to appreciate fundamentalism - there are active fundamentalist guerrilla groups in Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and others, and Iran is one of the few de jure theocracies left today - none of them are arab, but all are Muslim.

HazF16 wrote:

J.J. wrote:

Thank you very much for your reply, HazF16! But this "glow-worm" on the video made some "stupid" movings which I can´t rely to the aircraft. In this case, I still want for an answer from real professionals.

i dont think you completely understood the way the TGP works if you think the dot made some "stupid" movements.. there's an LANTIRN manual for falcon 4.0 floatin around on the internet, it explains the basics. i think it's even featured in the download section on this site right here

J.J., HazF16 is correct, it does show the line of sight in relation to the jet. On the screen, the front of the jet is always up (with respect to the line of sight dot). If the way the dot moves looks "stupid" to you, you just have to imagine that the dot is always pointing at the spot on the ground where the pod is currently looking. Then, just imagine that the seeker on the front of the pod is stationary, and the jet rotates around it as it maneuvers.

This may seem a little confusing, but if you think about it for a bit, I'm sure you'll get it. For example, imagine that the pod is looking at something off the right wing of the jet. With respect to the crosshairs in the center of the screen, the dot should be at approximately the 9-o'clock position. Now, imagine that the jet rolls to the left 180 degrees (inverted) with the pod still looking at that spot. As the jet rolls, the dot will move from the far right side at 9-o'clock horizontally to the far left side of the screen at the 3-o'clock position (i.e. half way through the roll, when the wings are perpendicular to the line-of-sight to the target, the dot should be at the center of the crosshairs).

Hope this helps!

Rexxxx

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