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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 In donesia 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 Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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 Frenchmen to show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

 

Fing Grrrrreaaaat!!!!!....

 

That is so true. Alot of people forget the past so quick. I spent alot of years in the Navy and naturally traveled alot. Once while we were in France, out partying, one of the guys got too drunk. While we were geting him up to leave, I overheard a few comments from the locals about Asshole Americans.

Naturally, I ask what language do they teach the kids in school here.

Why "French!" was the reply.

I replied "You can thank my Asshole grandfather it's not German."

Thank God there was about a dozen of us out, cause that didn't sit to well with them.

 

I get tired of all th enegative press garbage too. this deal that just went down in south America with the hostage release, had USA written all over it, but do you think the lib press would say anything about that? NO, We get terrorists in underwear at Abu Gahrib (spl?) and you'd think it was the end of the world.
Here's my prediction, OBomber will win the election, then about 3 days later he'll find out how well the Bushman has actually been doing, and OBomber won't be able to deal with it and will eithe rhave to reneg on his election promises, or fold and turn the country to crap.
One more thing, Bush's rating are under 29%, but have you seen the newly elected Democratic led congress, it's under 18% and has not passed a SINGLE bill yet this year! WTF are they doing up there?

 

hey now I don't care about the French, but lets not forget they saved our ass to here on our soil.

 

At which point is that debt paid?


Whenever it is, it won't be soon enough.

 

Well they did help us overcome the Brits during the revolution, then they blcokaded the Southern ports during the civil war which helped the Yankees.
I'm OK on the first, I guess the second depends on what side you were on.

 

<------Yankee and proud.

 

Actually they waited till the war was pretty much already won from a logistical standpiont.

 

Bush...good job?

Thats funny.