Stefan wrote:

Jack wrote:

When a combat pilot

Why oh why do "the" Americans (apologies to those who don't) have such
high esteem for fighter pilots, killing and war? Isn't soaring about
peace and understanding nature? And how dare you to change the subject
line to "Zen" when you talk about war?

I believe if you think about the events that led the US into, for
example, WWII (Pearl Harbor, Hitler) it is very easy to hold those
brave US fighter pilots in the highest of esteem.

-Doug Hoffman