Here are a few military
comebacks...
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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.
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 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?'
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 it's because the
Brits, Canadians, Aussies
and Americans arranged it so
you wouldn't have to speak
German.'
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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."
