One of my sons serves in the military. He is
stationed stateside, here in California . He called me yesterday
to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to
him and his troops everywhere they go.
Telling me how people shake their hands and thank
them> for being willing to serve and fight, not only our
own freedoms but so that others may have them too.
Then he told me about an incident in the grocery store
he stopped at yesterday, on his way home fr om the
base. He said that several people were in the
line ahead of him, including a woman dressed in a burkha.
He said when she got to t he cashier, she made a loud
remark about the U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore
on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the
pin and said, "Yes, I always wear it proudly, because
I'm an American."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when
she was going to stop bombing her
countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.
Then, 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, i n 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 hearing distance cheered!
good comeback
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