Not sure if this has been posted, I did to a search before posting.....Not sure if this is the right forum, if not, plz don't yell at me!!

Great Military Comebacks

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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.

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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.

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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 it's 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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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE

A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a
tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
plane.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs
officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."

The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."


"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in
France!"

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly
explained. "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to
help liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show
it to."

the loons will be swooping in for an attack.

such as limp wristed, knee quivering JackO' and his many personalities. He can always find a way to try to disparage anything American. His self flagellation is in the finest libbie tradition.

time in the Marines as he does.  If we need to split a tie, then maybe you can name your weapon, ya fuckin barroom hero.

Think you can handle that, ya little shit?!

I'm sorry, I really didn't intend to offend anyone. Not at all. I was only posting something that well, I dunno, made me feel good when I read it. Guess I should stay out of the political forum

All you need to do is keep your eyes peeled and stay away from the drunks.

Nah, you didn't say anyting wrong.

Welcome to "full contact" politics!

LMAO.....hell, there should be a disclaimer at the top to wear full gear before entering!!!! :0

You did not say or do anything wrong. Harry and harry were attempting a little pre-emptive defense. Harryj and another troll here can’t help going at each other. It had nothing to do with you.

I for one welcome your participation here, but it can get wild and uncouth.

complete assholes.

So is "pre-emptive defense" what you call picking a fight?  You should be working for GW.

if ya wanna post to somebody, ya post to THEM, not somebody else.

I know that may be hard for a right-winger.  Do you need a special ed teacher, or some kind of affirmative action to figure it out?  Or dya think ya can handle it?

Here's one you missed:

July, 1982.  Israeli defense minister Ariel sharon unhappily reports to PM Menachem Begin  that the IDF is fatally bogged down in Beirut, and cannot extricate itself without terrible losses, nor can it subdue the unruly and intransigent Pallys without a stalingrad-like battle.  Sharon, near panic [possibly because he's 10 seconds late for lunch], asks dejectedly "What to do? What to do?"

"Not to worry, Ari" replies Begin.  "I'll ger Ronald Reagan to bail us out.  He'll probably send a US Marine Expeditionary Force.  I'll tell Ronnie about a really great spot right bu the Beirut International Airport."

You remain an ignorant slut. I doubt that you will ever graduate from kindergarten or develop beyond the color of libbie-pink.

we should pay these schlubs what they're worth in the private market, instead of paying Republicans with other priorities to get more of them shot up.

Let's see how many people want to put their money where their mouth is.   I don't see any takers on that one.

I'm gonna tell you what one veteran friend of mine thinks, and that is that getting shot up isn't worth a whole box of yellow ribbons.   In fact, a box of yellow ribbons isn't worth a month of burning shitters in a sandpit.  Now if it were to guarantee nice ass the rest of your pathetic life, now we're getting closer.

I'll tell you another thing he thinks, and that is that he's fuckn sick n tired of civilian assed cheerleaders who don't begin to know WTF they're talking about.

You're just about as pickled as I've ever seen.  Can't be really sure how alive you are these days - or if you're just preserved.

you old harryj, my boy!! You can't sober up enough to relalize that I drilled your butt last night while you were in your drunken stupor (again)!  I even lifted your social insecurity check from your wallet too.

Isn't that what us republicons like,...getting drilled while we get ripped off?? Or is it
getting ripped off while we get drilled??

of aliases. JackO puts his weapon on automatic and hopes he hits something. Thank you for your service and next time wear your Kevlar. Breaker

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