Every American should read these Four Great Stories
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When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was askedby the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just anexample of empire building' by George Bush. He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sentmany of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight forfreedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever askedfor in return is enough to bury those that did not return. You could have heard a pin drop.
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Then there was a conference in France where a number of internationalengineers were taking part, including French and American. During abreak one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Haveyou heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraftcarrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does heintended to do, bomb them?' A Boeing engineer stood up and repliedquietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treatseveral hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supplyemergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have threecafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day,they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from seawater each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use intransporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.. Wehave eleven such ships; how many does France have?' You could have heard a pin drop.
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A US . Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that includedAdmirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and FrenchNavies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with alarge group of Officers that included personnel from most of thosecountries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped theirdrinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereasEuropeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He thenasked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in theseconferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, theAmerican Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians,Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speakGerman.' You could have heard a pin drop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on atour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris byplane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate hispassport in his carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?"the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that hehad been to France previously. "Then you should know enough to haveyour passport ready." The American said, "The last time I was here, Ididn't have to show it." "Impossible. Americans always have to showyour passports on arrival in France !" The American senior gave theFrenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. "Well, when Icame ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate thiscountry, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show it to." You could have heard a pin drop
Thanks, Marie!
When I read these I thought of Ryan and remembered that he could not vote in the last election because he's buried at the National Cemetary in Bushnell, FL and not available to participate in what he died to provide for other people...the Iraqi's. He was killed in action, as you might remember, trying to dig out terrorists that the Democrats said weren't even there in Iraq who were dedicated to disrupting their election.
That thought always gives me pause.
Best and a Happy Thanksgiving!
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