Thursday, September 6, 2012

Proud To Be An American


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 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  
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 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  OmahaBeach  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


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fighting is insane...period!

cooter said...

Whats with all the Frenchie hate?
Is this a new fad for neo cons that have grown bored of being terrified of the Muslim terrorist or Commie boogeyman?

Anonymous said...

I love America, I revere the Constitution and am abhorred by the dismantling and outright trampling of the rights it affords every citizen. However, the shadow government and agencies and cabalists that are running the show hiding behind anything that will keep their identities and deeds a secret ( yeah, we're all real proud of ya, ya cowards....) these guys are creating wars, fanning the flames of bloodshed and reaping benefits from killing your family members and people all around the world. They do so without so much as single twinge of regret or morality. Obama has 'Kill List' meetings in our White House.
Both Dems and Republicans are run by these groups/people/creatures and we need to dismantle the two party system, get rid of Congress, the Fed Reserve and the IRS. Get back to Constitutional govt. Civil resistance,not hollow patriotism.
I love the gist of the story above. Too many of us have been sacrificed for these cabalists pocketbooks.
It's time for REVOLUTION. Stop participating and resist.

Anonymous said...

Our soldiers fight for "freedom", good one Colin Powell. This website is starting to post some serious rubbish...

Anonymous said...

All of the BS wars mentioned in these "stories", does not address the core problems....only the symptoms...The truth is that the Military Industrial War Complex and the "good people" from the Federal Reserve, Rothschilds, Rockerfeller's etc, are driving the bus....the Blood and Treasure that was sacraficed for the "wars" spoken of in this piece, seem to be positioned to show "WE" saved the world...I used to beleive it myself and spent 24 years in the Military....I do not agree, and no longer forward such Tripe to people as it is mean't to get us to "Buy-In" to "the program"....do yourself a favor John, rise above the "entertainment", and get the word out on the important issues.