Capitaine Vengeur

Happy birthday !

Brrrraygahay? Possible. We have regionally something of our own Scotsmen, too...

"We were soldiers" is fine and accurate on many points about Ia Drang ("Too Tall"'s feats, the first "Mad Minute" ever near the riverbed...), but the ridiculous depiction of the outcome on Day 3 ruins all of the work. Damn, the last bayonet charge by US Army occured in Korea! About "Sergeant York", it's one of the films I have never watched that I'd like to see the most. The original storyline is legendary, and I've always heard the best of it.

I suppose that Bray-Gay should work OK. It's the way I always heard it about modern aircraft (Breguet Alizé, Breguet Atlantique...).

!? Prince Harry ?!?!!!

I would never try to compete with a dirty crumpled $20.00 note in the hearts of those who pretend to love me. I guess I could feel much too disheartened by the results...

Such a movie I'd like to see made since long would be rather about the impressive story of the Nisei of 442nd RCT and 100th Hawaiian Battalion. The legendary, most decorated US unit ever, made of American-born soldiers of Japanese ascendency, who fought well and bled hard even while their parents were interned in humiliating conditions, and themselves permanently suspected of being Tojo's spies. In the same time one of the most disgusting and most glorious page of American History. During one of their toughest fights in the Vosges mountains, the Nisei rescued a surrounded Texan battalion who couldn't believe they had had been saved by Japs. I don't think that such a movie has ever been directed. May I mistake?

Asymetrical naval warfare. That's the point. There is no need for an efficient or willing heavy navy to challenge and humiliate an overconfident naval power. In the Dardanelles, 1915, the Allies faced no Turkish navy and lost six battleships to mines, coastal artillery, and one single petty German sub. During both wars, the Italian heavy navy proved less than inefficient, a laughing matter like Iran today. But their frogmen riding manned torpedoes and using limpet mines managed to sink or disable at least three battleships (Austrian Viribus Unitis in 1918, HMS Queen Elizabeth and Valiant in 1941); and their torpedo boats proved quite efficient too (battleship Szent Istvan in 1918, cruiser HMS Manchester in 1942). In the 1960s, the CIA even worked on dolphins for a possible use in underwater warfare. More modern means could be found, through simple imagination rather than expensive technology. Superpowers often believe their technologic lead makes them invulnerable, the way the Redskins believed about their magic skirts. It's true - but only provided the enemy fights following the superpowers' rules. Vietnam and Afghanistan have proved that wasting billions in ultra-modern sensors is of little use against willing illiterate local peasants who always find another way. A true danger today could be 'Trojan horses' acting as saboteurs on the USN ships. Let's hope the NCIS keeps a cautious eye on Muslim... on some seamen.

Er... Amen is indeed a fine movie, but clearly not an aviation movie. Try again.

Anyway, I would give it a try...

Damn! I shall celebrate a Hot Shots Day instead... I'm a rebel!

!! I just can't imagine a photograph of the Kaiser or Kronprinz ceremonially awarding the Blue Max to an ace pilot in front of a plane tagged with: "Küss meinen Arsch" or "Lutsch mein' *******", or "Ich ****** deine Mutter"... - Anyway, no, I really can't !!!

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Not watched it since very long, but I had really enjoyed it...

The Beast of War (1988). Armor and run in despair versus guerilla and hunt for revenge. Sun, rocks, and RPG. Fantastic characters too, with George Dzundza as a Communist Ahab...

So, how shall the scheduled fight begin, with a rallied opinion? A new version of the USS Maine sinking, or the USS Liberty Incident, or the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?... So many controversial occurences in one single century, so many new possibilities...

Das Boot, in original version. The war seen from the bottom of a wet cellar. Claustrophobics, keep out.

Happy New Year all over the World !! Wish the Mayans were morons, and that everyone here will see 2013 ...

Overlords, joking !! Coward, cruel, lazy, gluttonous, narcissistic, creatures of habit... : except for Western male adult humans, few animals are more predictable than cats !

Fine brotherhood, Happy Birthday x 5 :drinks: :drinks:

Warning: abuse of Santas can harm the children's innocence. J-P Jeunet's Santas Invasion

Ho - Ho - Hohrrglllblllhh ... Finnish aquavit is WMD !

Blazing view !

Aah, the reassuring anonymity of the Internet... On combatace, one's reputation might be: "Elite Member - Reputation: 45 - Excellent - 36 friends", while in real-life corner, it could rather sound: "Still this ugly bastard staring at my daughter! And yet, he's not drunk this morning!"

Imagine many people of this round World are asked the following question: “Could you tell me your opinion about problems concerning religion, hunger or safety in the rest of the World, please?” A Chinese would ask: “What does 'opinion' mean?” A Saudi would ask: “What does 'problems' mean?” A North Korean would ask: “What does 'religion' mean?” A German would ask: “What does 'hunger' mean?” An Iraqi would ask: “What does 'safety' mean?” An American would ask: “What does 'the rest of the World' mean?” And a French would ask: “What does 'please' f**kin' mean?”

Well, I wonder how the next one will be. We had Heartless Kim, then Brainless Kim, will the next be Ball-less Kim?