I received this Email and just had to share it
Subject: No Apologies Accepted - Worth the time to read.....
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?
DeGaule 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 intended 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
your 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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If you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not,
delete it.
I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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