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
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
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