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Post by lionsden® on Jul 26, 2005 13:11:47 GMT -5
I received this from a friend:
I Love This Comeback One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also. But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and probably always will." The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-outcashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid." Everyone within hearing distance cheered! IF YOU AGREE____ Pass this on to all your proud American friends.
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Post by DixonHill on Jul 26, 2005 13:12:43 GMT -5
cheers
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Post by muzzamuzza on Jul 27, 2005 8:52:33 GMT -5
That's one way to set the record straight.
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Post by feckarse on Jul 27, 2005 15:50:19 GMT -5
it's probably cos i'm not american, but that type of thing really annoys me
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Post by Currian on Jul 29, 2005 9:43:54 GMT -5
I don't understand this letter.
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Post by angelchild on Aug 7, 2005 9:53:33 GMT -5
im english, but totally understand, quality
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