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First post
This is my first post,and,as there are many fellow veterans
here,I thought you might find this thought-provoking:
At a time when our president and other
politicians tend to apologize for our country's
prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of
our former patriots handled negative comments
about our country.
JFK'S
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in
the early 60's when
DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule
said he wanted all US
military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded,
"Does that include those who are buried here?"
DeGuale
did not respond.
You
could have heard a pin drop.
When in England ,
at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq
were just an example of
'empire building' by George Bush.
He answered by saying,
"Over the years, the United States has sent many
of
its fine young men and women into great peril to
fight for freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we
have ever asked for
in return is enough to bury those that did not
return."
You
could have heard a pin drop.
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There was a conference in France
where a number of international engineers
were taking part, including French and American.
During a break,
one of the French engineers came back into the
room saying, "Have you
heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has
sent an aircraft
carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims.
What does he
intend to do, bomb them?"
A Boeing engineer
stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have
three
hospitals on board that can treat several hundred
people; they are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency
electrical power to
shore facilities; they have three cafeterias
with the capacity to
feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can
produce several thousand
gallons of fresh water from sea water each day,
and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims
and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such
ships;
how many does France have?"
You
could have heard a pin drop.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral
was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S.., English, Canadian,
Australian and French
Navies At a cocktail reception, he found himself
standing with a large
group of officers that included personnel from
most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they
sipped their drinks but a
French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many
languages, Americans learn only English. He then
asked, "Why is it that
we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than
speaking French?"
Without hesitating,
the American Admiral replied, "Maybe it's because
the
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans
arranged it so you wouldn't
have to speak German."
You
could have heard a pin drop.
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AND
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting,
an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to
locate his passport
in his carry on.
"You
have been to France before, monsieur?" the
customs officer asked
sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting
admitted that he had been to France
previously.
"Then
you should know enough to have your passport
ready."
The American said,
"The last time I was here, I didn't have to show
it."
"Impossible.
Americans always have to show their passports on
arrival in France !"
The American senior
gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at
Omaha Beach on D-Day in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't
find a single Frenchmen
to show a passport to."
You
could have heard a pin drop.
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DINO welcome, that is great stuff. I'm going to share it with some libs I know.....Frank
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I always hate these nation bashing posts as the truth lies far away from the joking. For example, without the help of the French, the Battle of Yorktown would have been lost and we might well be singing God Save the Queen instead of The Star Spangled Banner. How many alllied bomber crews were rescued by the French undergoumd during the Second World War? More recently, one can ask Norman Schwartzkof what he thinks about the performance of the Light French Infantry during the right hook into Iraq to end the land phase of Desret Storm. Then again, it is generally recognized that the French have the toughest anti terrorist program in Europe. Yes the French can be contary and yes the French act, well, French, at times.
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The content of the original post was clearly Political and also hateful toward countries, even if it was meant as a joke.
It was a 'copy and paste' of a contrived, forwarded email and has no place on this site.
(As most of us know, these type of emails are only designed to elicit bad feelings)
What was the agreement I said to when I joined? - Military Surplus Collectors Forums
"The Watering Hole OT (Off Topic) Forum is for general conversations about almost anything OT (off topic), ..... but NO POLITICS"
dinosaur,
Please don't take this personally, and I hope you'll stay around here and learn the benefits of this site.
I thank you sincerely for your service!
I understand that you just joined, and you aren't familiar with our site.
Our site is international with many outstanding contributors from all over the world.
The Off Topic Forum allows most any friendly subject, but it will never become an arena for US politics, and especially derogatory comments about nationalities.
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