Note: forwarded message attached.
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day
--- Begin Message -------- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Heslin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: FW: Story> > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Hamry > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:43 PM > To: Dave Heslin; Mike Wada > Subject: FW: Story > > > Subject: French > > Don't delete it's short.... and good!!!! > > A letter to home from a marine with the multinational force in Bosnia: > > The ending is the best part!!! > > > > Dear Dad: > A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French > army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we > (Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war in > Iraq. He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the > support of France. I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had > come to France's rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold > War, their ingratitude and jealousy was due to surface [again] at some > point in the near future anyway. I also told him that is why France is a > third-rate military power with a socialist economy and a bunch of pansies > for soldiers. I additionally told him that America, being a nation of > deeds and action, not words, would do whatev er it had to do, and France's > support, if it ever came, was only for show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO > exercises, the US would shoulder 85% of the burden, and provide 85% of the > support, as evidenced by the fact that this French officer was shopping in > the American PX, and not the other way around. He began to get belligerent > at that point, and I told him if he would like to, I would meet him outside > in front of the Burger King and whip his ass in front of the entire > Multinational Brigade East, thus demonstrating that even the smallest > American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman. He called me a > barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff. With friends like these, who > needs enemies? > Dad, tell Mom I love her, > > Your loving daughter, > Mary Beth Johnson > LtCol., USMC > > > > > > > _____ > > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! > <http://rd.yahoo.com/O=1/I=brandr/vday03/text/flow/*http://shopping.yahoo.co > m/shop?d=browse&id=20146735> Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day--- End Message ---
