Annie Fawn

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."
> It became very quiet in the room.
> **************
> 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.
> *****************
> 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!

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