Heads up!! "The War" begins tonight on PBS

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[submarinerswife]

Premeires tonight at 8pm on PBS. 7 part series

[submarinerswife]

I saw an interveiw with Ken Burns this morning where he says that no one is in this film unless they were fighting in the war or at home waiting for your loved one to come home.

He kept politics out of the documentry.

I have been waiting months for this.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Band of Brothers was excellent! Hopefully this will be up to that standard and to Burn's own Civil War series.

[nuconvert]

“He kept politics out of the documentry. “

I hope so. We’ll see

[Loud Mime]

bump

[submarinerswife]

Oh dear, I messed up. It is a 7 part series.

[submarinerswife]

Oh the Civil War series was spectacular. I had to buy the DVD collection.

He is not a revisionist who skews the facts, that is for sure. I think his Baseball series was also brilliant.

[sageb1]

Let me know how well it’s done. The left of center editor of my local rag wrote that he will be watching this show with his son tonight so he can teach his son about the cost of war. I just hope he can understand the costs of not going to war.

[freekitty]

I sure hope he tells the truth as my father flew the Burma Hump in WWII. You did not know if you were going to return everytime you flew.

[John Jorsett]

It’s not entirely free of politics. Burns gave in to Hispanic pressure groups that wanted more of their members to be included in the documentary. They’re still pissed off and vowing to boycott it.

[Cinnamon]

so no “Experts” or “Historians” , “Professors”- injecting their bias into the true nature of War?

[freekitty]

You left of center editor might tell his son the brave military gave him the freedom to discuss this series.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Under no circumstances will I watch anything from a Damn Leftie like Ken Burns. I don’t care what the reviews are or who sucks up to it I will not watch it.
Somewhere embedded in this so called Documentary is more of the defeatist Left Wing Drivel we have to listen to.
So Ken take your Documentary and shove it where the Sun Don’t Shine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Northern Yankee]

My dad flew B-29's out of Guam.

Participated in the last mission of the war.

I grew up around all these great men, and have always been thankful they were there when our country called them.

Blessings and thanks to your dad. My father passed away in 1981. I will always be grateful.

[mtnjimmi]

since PBS (Pravda broadcasting service) is unavailable in my area I’ll have to wait until it comes out on Disk, but if he continues that Roosevelt ended the great depression, then theres politics’s injected.

WWII ended the great depression. Roosevelt fought entering the War,hoping for neutrality.

[Mike Darancette]

In Hi-Def if you got it. Burns’ Civil War was the best thing ever produced for television and this one is supposed to be better? I don’t see how.

[Mike Darancette]

The left of center editor of my local rag wrote that he will be watching this show with his son tonight so he can teach his son about the cost of war.

That will backfire because the son will see the reason for war.

[dirtbiker]

They’re still pissed off and vowing to boycott it.

If you boycotted PBS, would anybody really notice?

[Non-Sequitur]

Under no circumstances will I watch anything from a Damn Leftie like Ken Burns.

Can you point out the leftist slant in The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz? I must have missed it somewhere along the way.

[freekitty]

Mine passed in 2001 and two of his best friends, one who worked for him up until his death were POWs. His very best friend’s brother is still missing in that war.