Forwarded by Len-Frieda
The name of the originator of this article about Ann Rea’s son apparently was lost in the multiple forwarding process, so I can’t credit the source, but it falls under the “good news” category that you seldom read or hear from most mainstream media sources.
One of my dear sons serves in the military. I’m a very proud Mom. 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 not only for our own freedoms, but so that others may have them also. He also told me about an incident in a 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, “Yes, I always wear it.”
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 pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess you are obviously here to avoid.”
Everyone in line, and within hearing distance, cheered the older gentleman, coming forward as they reached for their wallets. The woman in the burkha left the store in silence
I am, like at least some that was in the store, outraged! But it also warmed my heart to know that we as American’s are speaking out, calmly and succinctly (finally) to those that enjoy the freedoms here in the U.S.
Hooray for Rea’s son, hooray for that checker, hooray for the gentleman in the store for his actions, hooray for Ann Rea for sharing this with all of us.
God Bless America and Our Troops!