The Grunt vs. the FlyboyThe real reason for Wesley Clark's ill-advised comments about John McCain's military record.

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*Correction, July 7, 2008: This article originally stated that a 1947 interservice treaty barred the Army from building all fixed-wing aircraft. The treaty only barred the Army from building fixed-wing aircraft with combat roles. (Return to the corrected sentence.)

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Fred Kaplan is Slate's "War Stories" columnist and author of 1959: The Year Everything Changed. He can be reached at .

Photograph of Wesley Clark by Eric Thayer/Getty Images.

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