Yes, we’re an imperfect country…and some of the media delights in that, pointing it out to us repeatedly. But
here’s a pleasant read about America and our unselfish motives around the world. Enjoy.
When in England at a 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 its because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies
and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German’
You could have heard a pin drop!
Tags: America, America First
Conservative Libertarian Outpost 
January 22, 2008 at 13:42
Am I wrong, or would we not have lost the Revolutionary War had it not been for France?
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January 23, 2008 at 00:39
Probably true Ben.
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