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 were to him, and his troops,
everywhere he goes, telling me how people
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 he stopped at
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 aways 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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