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When someone complains about America , it is not allways as it seems:
Cemetery at Normandy
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 Brits,
Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
Frenchman to show a passport to!!'
You could have heard a pin drop.
If you are a proud American, pass this on!
If not delete it.
When someone complains about America , it is not allways as it seems:
Cemetery at Normandy
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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
Frenchman to show a passport to!!'
You could have heard a pin drop.
If you are a proud American, pass this on!
If not delete it.
