HoboOfTheHwy
Expert Expediter
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 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 his hearing distance cheered!
PROUD TO BE AN
AMERICAN!
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 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 his hearing distance cheered!
PROUD TO BE AN
AMERICAN!