rocco 14 Report post Posted February 3, 2005 This was went to me from a friend over seas in the airforce. Love This Comeback! >From a woman in Colorado: 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 welcomeing 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 US 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 I 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-out cashier 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 MYcountry to avoid." Everyone within hearing distance cheered! Pass it on.... Patriotism is not a Fad message. It's what we stand for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
This was went to me from a friend over seas in the airforce.
Love This Comeback! >From a woman in Colorado: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
welcomeing
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 US
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 I 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-out cashier 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
MYcountry to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
Pass it on.... Patriotism is not a Fad message. It's what
we stand for.
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