Clash of Wings

[Terminus]

And this is why this piece of offal shouldn't have been posted again. Want to take a guess as to whether or not the same thing happened last time?[8|]

[dwwindsor]

Some of us are clearly not reading the same papers.

"You mis-spelled Constitution" Yes.

"and American is capitalized................." Not necessarily.

"I took an oath to defend both" So did I.

[RUPD3658]

Before his thread gets locked:

The episode of Clash of Wings that Scott_USN mentioned will be on the Military Channel at 2am Eastern time this Tuesday.

Let's just watch the show and keep politics out of it.

[panda124c]

Thanks, I'll try to catch it.

Sorry I can't resist: There is an old saying:

"No news is good news"

But you always have to consider that no news doesn't sell newspapers (or other media). So logic dictates that Good news is no news and therefore not worth printing.


Again thanks RUPD3658 for the heads up on the Military Channel show.

[Charbroiled]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

And this is why this piece of offal shouldn't have been posted again. Want to take a guess as to whether or not the same thing happened last time?[8|]

Terminus, sorry for bringing it up. Didn't know about the firestorm this created before. Won't mention it again.

However, not discussing things just because a topic could be sensitive to some people is not a good approach IMHO. Maybe this might not be the "proper" place to discuss the subject of media reporting on the war, but I do value EVERYBODY's opinion on THIS board, even if I don't agree with it. Believe it or not, the media runs this planet, not the politicians.

TO Scott_USN: Sorry for the unintentional hi-jack of your thread. I guess I'm use to seeing others do it so often and seem to forget that some may see it as being rude.[&o]

[Terminus]

That's not the point. The point is that politics, like religion, are big no-no's around here, because of the huge potential for badness they have. No other subjects spawn such huge flamefights.

There used to be a politics forum around here, but it was spun off because it was bad for the place.

[MineSweeper]

If you want to spend some time on these issues try this forum.....lot of intresting subjects.......[:)]

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/

[Feinder]

I thought this thread sounded familiar.

"Clash of Wings" is a book written by Col. Walter Boyne.  It's basically a over-view of the air war in WW2 (Euopean and Asian).  I own, read a while ago. It covers so much that it's relagated to basically a watered-down summary of -everything- (instead of focusing on thing and being authoritative).  Still.  It's a "fair" read (I'd give it a C, and I hate to sound like a history snob).  But I wonder if the series comes from the book.  Anybody see Col. Boyne in any of the credits?

-F-

[Scott_USN]

The show is broad Feinder but really close detail was not what made it interesting to me. I have read or watched the different battles and such which go into great detail. The film footage was the best part of the show in my opinion and planes of course.