Enjoy and feel free to pass along to any and all you come in contact with: 
> JFK'S
> Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
> DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US
> military out of France as soon as possible.
>
> Rusk responded,
>
> "Does that include those who are buried here?"
>
> DeGaule
> 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
> intend 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 their 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.
> JFK'S
> Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
> DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US
> military out of France as soon as possible.
>
> Rusk responded,
>
> "Does that include those who are buried here?"
>
> DeGaule
> 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
> intend 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 their 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.
