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<blockquote data-quote="la4angus" data-source="post: 30648" data-attributes="member: 132"><p>> I Love This Comeback!</p><p>></p><p>> As some of you may know, one of my sons serves in the military. He is</p><p>still</p><p>> stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how</p><p>> warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes,</p><p>> telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing</p><p>to</p><p>> serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may</p><p>have</p><p>> them also.</p><p>></p><p>> But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at</p><p>> yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several</p><p>> people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she</p><p>> got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the US flag lapel pin the</p><p>> cashier</p><p>> wore on her smock.</p><p>></p><p>> The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "yes, I</p><p>always</p><p>> wear it and I probably always will."</p><p>></p><p>> The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop</p><p>> bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.</p><p>></p><p>> A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around</p><p>> my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle</p><p>> voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women</p><p>like</p><p>> this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY</p><p>> country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is</p><p>> my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we</p><p>wouldn't</p><p>> need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out</p><p>> so</p><p>> loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to</p><p>> Iraq so</p><p>> you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously</p><p>here</p><p>> in MY country to avoid."</p><p>></p><p>> Everyone within hearing distance cheered.</p><p>></p><p>></p><p>></p><p>> Pass it on....</p><p>></p><p>></p><p>> TCM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="la4angus, post: 30648, member: 132"] > I Love This Comeback! > > As some of you may know, one of my sons serves in the military. He is still > stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how > warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, > telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to > serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have > them also. > > But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at > yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several > people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she > got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the US flag lapel pin the > cashier > wore on her smock. > > The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "yes, I always > wear it and I probably always will." > > The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop > bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. > > A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around > my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle > voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like > this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY > country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is > my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't > need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out > so > loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to > Iraq so > you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here > in MY country to avoid." > > Everyone within hearing distance cheered. > > > > Pass it on.... > > > TCM [/QUOTE]
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