> HOW TRUE HOW TRUE
>
>
>
>
> You could have
> heard a pin drop.
>
>
>
>
> JFK'S Secretary
> of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's
> when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.
> DeGaulle said he wanted all
> US military out of France as soon as
> possible.
>
>
>
>
> Rusk responded
> "does that include those who are buried
> here?
>
> DeGaulle did not
> respond.
>
>
> You could have heard
> a pin drop
>
> 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
> 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 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 Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans
> arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak
> German.'
>
>
>
> You could have heard
> a pin drop.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> AND THIS STORY FITS
> RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> You could have
> heard a pin drop.
>
>
>
>
> JFK'S Secretary
> of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's
> when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.
> DeGaulle said he wanted all
> US military out of France as soon as
> possible.
>
>
>
>
> Rusk responded
> "does that include those who are buried
> here?
>
> DeGaulle did not
> respond.
>
>
> You could have heard
> a pin drop
>
> 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
> 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 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 Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans
> arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak
> German.'
>
>
>
> You could have heard
> a pin drop.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> AND THIS STORY FITS
> RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
>
> 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.