Subj : Re: Stuff in the News
To : IB Joe
From : Dan Clough
Date : Thu Jul 31 2025 03:36 pm
-=> IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-
IJ> One last true story... I just moved down there and it was Veteran's Day
IJ> and I was at a church. The pastor started asking for people to stand
IJ> up, veterans, as he started a roll call of conflicts... WW1, WW2,
IJ> Korea, Vietnam... and the list goes on and on. As he was calling out
IJ> the conflicts people started standing... Of course he calls out for
IJ> Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom... By the time he was there
IJ> almost every man... BUT ME... was standing. In my head I was YELLING
IJ> "I'm Canadian!!! That's not fair"...
What? You think Canadians don't fight in wars? What's your *real*
excuse for not serving?
IJ> HAHAHAHA... Could you imagine how much worse I'd be if I was actually
IJ> born there, raised and steeped in the southern ways...
So, you wouldn't have served either, had you been born an American?
