Good Read! Proud to be an American?
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    crazybrother
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    Good Read! Proud to be an American?

    by crazybrother » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:34 pm

    At a time when some 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
    DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US
    military out of France as soon as possible.



    Rusk responded,

    "Does

    that include those who are buried here?"

    DeGaulle 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.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



    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
    intend 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
    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 their 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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    by 06crf250r#25 » Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:05 pm

    Wouldnt ever want to live anywhere else but America!!
    If i could, i would ride in my sleep!
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    by usmc88fan » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:54 am

    I love that! Thanks!
    We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?
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    by cMc214 » Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:03 am

    The world has a short memory
    The only thing more fun than riding my dual-sport is riding my dual-sport to the gun range!
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    by Grim Reaper » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:45 am

    As an ex british army "squaddie" who visited orlando in 1993 and spent two weeks a boca chica naval base, with the us marines taking us under their wing and providing what I can only describe as ultimate squaddie/soldier hospitality, I think the US military are under appreciated by every continent on this earth, especially the fucking french who are so far up their own arse.....
    Do you know how many frenchmen it takes to defend paris???? none....they've never tried.
    I rest my case.

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