Proud to be an American?

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I am proud of the men and women that risk so much to protect me and mine!!


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Talk about snappy comebacks!

Subject: It can get quiet

When in England at a 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."

It became very quiet in the room.


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Then 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 5,000
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?"

Once again, dead silence.


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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 its because
the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn't have to speak German.

You could have heard a pin drop! ** **



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