You Could Have Heard a Pin Drop.....

At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for
our country`s prior actions, here is a refresher on how some of our
former patriots handled negative comments about our country.



These are good.



JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early '60s 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?



DeGuale 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 Brits, 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 Frenchman 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!


I am proud to be of this land, AMERICA .