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CBCyclone · 12-01-2008, 06:19 PM

A few years back Colin Powell was in England at the large conference and was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if the U.S. plans for Iraq were just another example of empire building by George Bush. Powell answered the question 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 who did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.
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There was an engineering conference in France held not long after the Christmas 2004 Indonesian tsunami disaster, and a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American engineers. During a break in the conference one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt that George Bush has pulled? He's sending an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'

A U.S engineer from Boeing replied: 'That carrier has three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people. It's nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities. It has three cafeterias with the capacity to feed up to 3,000 people three meals a day. It can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and it carries half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and the injured to and from its' flight deck. We have eleven such ships in the U.S. fleet. How many does France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.
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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference last year that included naval officers from the U.S., England, Canada, Australia, and France. 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 and fluently speak many languages, most 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 Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.
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In 2006 and elderly gentleman named Robert Whiting, age 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on bag, briefly holding up the line.

'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

'Well then, you should know enough to have your passport ready.'

Mr, Whiting replied, 'I am sorry, but the last time I was here, I didn't have to show my passport."

'Impossible," the customs officer replied. "Americans always have to show passports on arrival in France!'

Mr. Whiting replied, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day back in '44 to help liberate your country, there wasn't one Frenchmen on the beach that I could show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop.