Try this Comeback

I Love This Comeback (from a friend who's son

is in the military)

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

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!