Fw: Patriots Handling Negative Comments About Our Country

[mmasumot at mindspring.com]

                              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.






                        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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