Which WWIIcountry is in the frontier of the aerospace?

[plan_D]

I'm going to start making them now, I have my parrot in many a pose that would work.

[FLYBOYJ]

Yea, and Eric might show up too

Originally Posted by plan_D

I have said the America was immoral for getting into World War II late, when?

Glass is stronger than paper.

It was either you or Lanc or one of the Brits on this forum. I made my original statement in reply to that comment which kicked this whole thing off...

A whole glass house can come crashing down from one stone. A wood and paper house can be damaged but is not likely to go entirely to peices.

My point was that both the USA and GB have ugly episodes in their pasts, however... if you want to get picky, Britain has far worse (they also have more history of being a major power). The French on the otherhand make us both look pure as the driven snow!

I will certainly stand by the US record under its reign as superpower over that of Britain during its reign as superpower any day!

[evangilder]

Originally Posted by "RG_Lunatic

It was either you or Lanc or one of the Brits on this forum. I made my original statement in reply to that comment which kicked this whole thing off...

Don't you really think you should determine who you are making a point with, rather than to put all "the Brits" in one basket?

Once again, this is a forum for discussion of WWII aviation, not country bashing. You said that one should speak out against intolerance, well I am speaking now.

[Nonskimmer]

And I second it. Can it, fellas.

[plan_D]

Alright, I'll stop...as long as I can carry on bashing Canada.

Only kiddin' NS.

[Nonskimmer]

Hey, bash away. It's not like we ain't used to it.

[FLYBOYJ]

Well, in 18 and 14, we took a little trip....

[evangilder]

Oy! Now that darn song is gonna be in my head all night! Thanks. That was Jonny Horton, right?

[plan_D]

Throught careful study... and typing on that, there, internet... ...it has come to my conclusion Flyboy, that I should do this...

[evangilder]

[FLYBOYJ]

Yep, Johnny Horton, after the other post, just had to put it here. Remember, he also did "Sink the Bismark!" I think he wanted to keep things fair for our British Buddies!

[evangilder]

Could be. He was quite a hit for one of the morning stations here in LA for awhile.

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by plan_D

Throught careful study... and typing on that, there, internet... ...it has come to my conclusion Flyboy, that I should do this...

OK this is for you....

In May of l941 the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns
The Bismark was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers, and shells as big as trees.

Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship, the Hood
And every British seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismark, the terror of the sea,
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees.

We'll find that German battleship that's making such a fuss,
We gotta sink the Bismark cause the world depends on us. We'll hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
Yeah, and when we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down!

The Hood found the Bismark, and on that fatal day
The Bismark started firing fifteen miles away
"We gotta sink the Bismark!" was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away, the Mighty Hood went down.

For six long days and weary nights they tried to find her trail.
Churchill told the people, "Put every ship asail,
For somewhere on that ocean, I know she's gotta be
We gotta sink the Bismark to the bottom of the sea!"

We'll find that German battleship that's making such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismark cause the world depends on us
We'll hit the deck a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around
And when we find the Bismark we gotta cut her down.

The fog was gone the seventh day, and they saw the morning sun.
Ten hours away from homeland the Bismark made its run.
The admiral of the British fleet said, "turn those bows around,
We found that German Battleship and we're gonna cut her down!"

The British guns were aimed and the shells were coming fast,
The first shell hit the Bismark, they knew she couldn't last
That mighty German battleship is just a memory.
"SINK THE BISMARK!" was the battle cry that shook the seven seas!

We found that German battleship that was making such a fuss.
We had to sink the Bismark cause the world depends on us.
We hit the deck a-runnin' and we spun those guns around, yeah, and when we found the Bismark, we hadda cut her down!

Originally Posted by evangilder

Don't you really think you should determine who you are making a point with, rather than to put all "the Brits" in one basket?

Once again, this is a forum for discussion of WWII aviation, not country bashing. You said that one should speak out against intolerance, well I am speaking now.

I did not put all the Brit's in one basket, I simply pointed out that it was one of the Brits - I think Lanc or Plan_D, that made the original comment that got me kinda pissed off. I tried to ingore it, but it kept nawing at me, so I made a comment in reply in a very general way. Finding the offending post amoungst all the threads that I follow would be very time consuming, but I guess I should do so.

Let me be clear, of all the other nations in the World I respect the modern Brtish the most, dating from about the time Churchill took over in 1940 onward. What I don't like is the attitude that a few of the Brits on this board have taken up, which amounts to nothing other than regular subtle jabs at America.

=S=

Lunatic