True or Not these make me proud to be an American

[larrymeyer]

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?
DeGaule 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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If you are proud to be an American, pass this on! If not, delete it.

I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ehidle]

I absolutely love that last one...

[d90king]

The older I get, the more I realize how short most people and countries memories are. Thanks for the post Larry.

[Bmaninmifco]

I love how it's always France.
Talk about a massive inferiority complex.
Can't defend themselves, but want to defend everyone from the big bad Americans.

[Warpt762x39]

Love that last one.

On a similar note, when I was working at Wegmans as a cashier a couple years ago, 4 guys came in. They were speaking French, were covered in paint and didn't smell all that pleasant.

They came through my line and were not exactly polite. Being who I am, I kept going about my job being as pleasant as I could. They handed me their money and when I went to get them change, I had to open a new roll of quarters. Normal for a cashier.

Apparantly they thought I was taking too long opening this roll of quarters. One said under his breath in heavily accented English "Fucking Americans". The other three started chuckling about the comment.

As they left I told them to have a nice day and to remember to keep their arms raised high the next time they surrendered.

They didn't like that comment too much. Lol.