America the Unselfish

Got this in an email...some very good stories:


Yes, we're an imperfect country...and some of the media delights in that, pointing it out to us repeatedly. But here's a pleasant read about America and our unselfish motives around the world. Enjoy.

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When in England at a 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."

It became very quiet in the room.

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Then 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?"

Once again, dead silence.

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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 its because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German'

You could have heard a pin drop!

The War in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective

This video was made by U.S. Army Specialist Colby Buzzell, and details the events of a battle that he was in during his tour in Iraq. He animated a series of his own drawings (which are amazing) to tell the story. The video doesn't get all political about the war, nor am I going to start getting political about it in this post. I just though it was a very well done video. It was interesting to see what a soldier's perspective is on what's going on over there. Sometimes it's better to get the story straight from the horse's mouth, than to see it on a news station that is going to slant it to match their particular viewpoint. I've watched a ton of soldier submitted video footage from Iraq on YouTube. All you have to do on YouTube is search for "Iraq videos" or "Iraq footage" or something like that, and a plethora of videos will come up. They are all really cool to watch, because you get to see exactly what goes on, how the soldiers go about everything, and what the outcome is. After watching a bunch of the soldier's videos, I personally think it's going a lot better over there than what the media and Democrats tell us...again...they have their own agenda to push, but actual footage submitted by the soldiers is unbiased because...well...because it's submitted by them. However, no matter what your view on the war is, you have to give the soldiers infinite amounts of respect for the shit they deal with everyday over there so all of us here in the States don't have to. Here is the video:

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