I would certainly say she's limp of wrist if she went through the idiotic business of asking for Parliament's consent. A sitting Prime Minister does not require Parliament's say-so for taking military action. It's a dangerous precedent that's been set in recent years and it needs to stop.
Aren't the Su-35 and EF2000 build for different things? I've always seen the Su-35 and thought it was a very fast, heavy air to ground aircraft? Whereas the EF2000 is a nimble, slightly scatty air to air fighter jet?
I'd have thought that the Tornado was a better comparison to the Su-35.
Sure, but the principle was the same. The Russians were pushing their luck by encroaching on Turkish airspace, the Turks weren't having it, shot the bugger down and the Russians backed off. This is their gameplan - it's based on the idea that the West won't react. When it does, they'll back down.