Patriots! Star if you like?
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. These are good JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried here? DeGaulle 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 who did not return.' You could have heard a pin drop ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ 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 p owered 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 hundred 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 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 Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.' You could have heard a pin drop ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ 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 Frenchman to show a passport to." You could have heard a pin drop
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And not if we like.
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VERY WELL said kudos for you to remind a lot of our so called new patriots where we come from. well done and thanks for the quotes
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Seriously? - Thank you for sharing these delightful, patriotic anecdotes. Chloe
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Agreed!!!! Thank you for the quotes!!
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Very well said and I agree! Too bad there are not many Americans who agree with those sentiments today including a majority of our leaders. So sad! With their anti-American and anti constitution attitude this nation will not be what it used to be for too much longer!
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There was an old man called Pelle. He spent some time surfing on the world wide web. Once again he read that formula that used to end "...you would all speak German now." It may differ slightly, but what it wants to say is always the same thing. Now, that he read it for the hundred and first time, there was a little tear in his eye. He became somewhat bitter and thought by himself: If it wasn't for the Germans, there wouldn't be a language called English, and nobody would even miss it. If it wasn't for the Germans, this would be a world all without white Anglo-Saxons, and all without Protestants. So, many people in this world live with all those blessings given by Germans and use them quite frankly, but think they would have a right to look down on them and to give their language an evil immage. Old Pelle has a carpet in his room. It's catching all pins and all his self-pity-tears.
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