I LOVE THIS COMEBACK
Apr 12, 2007 18:09:43 GMT -5
Post by BigDaddy on Apr 12, 2007 18:09:43 GMT -5
Brother in-law sent this to me. He's coming home next week,he has been Iranian waters for the past 6 months.
One of my sons serves in the military. He is stationed
stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know
how warm and welcoming people were to him and his troops everywhere they
go. Telling me how people shake their hands and thank them for being
willing to serve and fight, not only our own freedoms but so that others
may have them too.
Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that
several people were in the line ahead of him, including a woman dressed
in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier, she made a loud
remark about the U.S.Flag, lapel pin, the cashier wore on her smock.
The cashier reached up and touched the pin and said, "Yes, I always wear
it proudly, because I'm an American." The woman in the burkha then
asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen,
explaining that she was Iraqi.
Then, a gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward,
putting his arm around my son's shoulders and nodding toward 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
MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
One of my sons serves in the military. He is stationed
stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know
how warm and welcoming people were to him and his troops everywhere they
go. Telling me how people shake their hands and thank them for being
willing to serve and fight, not only our own freedoms but so that others
may have them too.
Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that
several people were in the line ahead of him, including a woman dressed
in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier, she made a loud
remark about the U.S.Flag, lapel pin, the cashier wore on her smock.
The cashier reached up and touched the pin and said, "Yes, I always wear
it proudly, because I'm an American." The woman in the burkha then
asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen,
explaining that she was Iraqi.
Then, a gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward,
putting his arm around my son's shoulders and nodding toward 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
MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
