A lady by the name of Carol Longacre seems to have
been the originator of this email, and I agree that
whatever your opinion of US involvement in Iraq, this
is a classy way to deal with it.
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.
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went."
Will Rogers
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