T ro o: F m: F Sent Fri 7/17/2009 9:28:13 PM Subject Fwd: Vive la France --Original Message From: Geoff Thomas < To: Sent: Fri, Jul 17, 2009 1:02 pm Subject: FW: Vive la France You will like this... From: Gardner Knight [' Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 9:00 AM To: Connor O'Neill; Charlie Finn; Geoff Thomas; Jeremy Kramer Subject: Fwd: Vive la France It's American! From my iPhonc. JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried here? DeGaulle did not respond. You could have heard a pin drop 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 fig ht 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.' You could have heard a pin drop. 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 EFTA_R1_01513754 EFTA02439951