M2, as you well know, I have been alive to JSFfan's annoying behavior for a while now. There is a whiff of the juvenile about it all and an amazingly selective memory. There is also a lot of picking up other people's responses on other forums and pasting them in here as if they are exactly what he was thinking - or in some cases his own words.
I can read all the internet material I wish to, I don't need some kid to keep pasting chunks of it here so that I have to wade through his rubbish to get at the discussion.
Back to business...
I'm not at all surprised to see Switzerland waltzing towards the Grippen - maybe not necessarily for all the right reasons. But assuming the Swiss aren't likely to fight Russia or China anytime soon, it could turn out to be a reasonable choice for them in the long term.