Foxyangel0425
06-16-2004, 08:10 AM
Originator unknown;
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.