Great
Comebacks from American Patriots
In a world where too many
people think it is cool to bash America, these responses from
American patriots
will leave many in the hate America crowd
stunned and speechless.
Colin
Powell in England
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.
Boeing Engineer in France
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 5,000 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.
American Admiral in France
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.'
You could have heard a pin
drop
AND FINALLY
Retired
Schoolteacher in France
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', chided the Frenchman
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!'
replied the customs official.
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.'