Written by a Canadian Mom....


One of my sons serves in the army. He is still here in Canada. He
called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to
him, and his fellow soldiers, 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 grocers' shop he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the quarters. 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 checkout she loudly remarked about the Canadian
Flag lapel badge the cashier wore on her blouse. The cashier reached up
and touched the badge, 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 an 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!



IF YOU AGREE ------- Pass this on to all your proud friends-----
I most certainly have.

 

I don't agree or disagree, but well said.

 

i wonder what would happen if that same senerio happened with a canadain women in an iraqi checkout line?

 

I wonder what would happen if Canada actually was bombing IRAQ. WTF that makes no damn sense. Canada is in Afghanistan, not IRAQ.

 

My guess is that it was originally by an american mom, but someone thought it would be ok to change american to canadian without realizing that they would just look stupid.