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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