Pious Pilot,
"The next F-104 supplier"
Go read some history about how THAT happened...
Who is this "us" "them" "their" and "they" that you speak of?
The "F-35" is Lockheed-Martin, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Pratt and Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Honeywell, GE, Martin Baker, Selex, UTC, Cobham, Ultra, Meggit, Curtis Wright, Magellan, CMC, Avcorp, Fokker, Elbit, IAI, TAI and hundreds of smaller suppliers.
WHO is going to stump up billions of pounds, Euros or dollars to repeat what all of the above have done and then go and chase the same markets that have already committed to the F-35?
Your rant read like a comic book version of The boys book of best British planes...