Ridiculed for Patriotism

Had this forwarded to me in an email. Whether you agree with the war in Iraq or not, I think it reflects how a great majority of Americans feel. Love your country for all its good and bad. Remember those who have served and sacrificed to allow us the freedom to express ourselves in a forum such as this!

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I Love This Comeback

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 have
been to him and his troops. Everywhere he goes, telling me how people would
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 where he stopped
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 U.S. 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 hearing distance cheered!

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