Some may be reposts......
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.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> 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 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.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> 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 Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so
you
>>>wouldn't have to speak German.'
>>>
>>> You could have heard a pin drop.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
>>>
>>> A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently
went
>>>to France on a tour. 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 '44 to help liberate this country, I
couldn't
>>>find any damn Frenchmen to show it to."
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> 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 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.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> 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 Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so
you
>>>wouldn't have to speak German.'
>>>
>>> You could have heard a pin drop.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
>>>
>>> A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently
went
>>>to France on a tour. 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 '44 to help liberate this country, I
couldn't
>>>find any damn Frenchmen to show it to."
>>>
>>> You could have heard a pin drop
>>>
