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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 U.S. 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 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!
IF YOU AGREE____ Pass this on to all your proud American friends.
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 U.S. 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 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!
IF YOU AGREE____ Pass this on to all your proud American friends.
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