spazsinbad wrote:Why use the 'fan boy' term at all?
Perhaps an example. I've already mentioned that I like the Gripen and find the F-35 disappointing. Does that mean I think the USAF should buy planes from Saab? Absolutely not; one has to be realistic.
Were I a fanboy, I could make endless arguments about how the Gripen is better in this way or that, and take endless jabs about every F-35 shortcoming (real or imagined) while ignoring the fact that what works for Sweden is simply too small for the USAF. The F-35 draws more than its fair share of fanboy ire because it's going to replace so many sentimental favorites whilst possibly driving others out of production, and over-sentimentality is the essence of being fanboy.
I support the F-35 program because I can't come up with a clear, logical argument for anything else. That doesn't mean I like it; I simply have to accept facts as they are now. All my ideas for fixing the JSF mess involve time-travel back to 1996.
The sky is blue because God loves the Infantry.