Thank a soldier?

[teenagebambam]

I just received a chain email...the content is unimportant, but at the bottom, the originator's signature line was "If you're reading this, thank a teacher. If you're reading this in English, thank a soldier."

This strikes me as freeper paranoia, but maybe I'm just being sensitive and taking offense where none should be taken. I'm pen to correction, so tell me, is there REALLY any military action of, say, the past two hundred years where someone could logically claim that Americans would be speaking another language had they lost the campaign?

[ET Awful]

1. Nope. Not a single one that I have ever heard of.

It's complete bullshit.

[sniffa]

2. you don't know what you're taLking about

if aL gore had won in 2000, we'd aLL be speaking A-rabic.

[ET Awful]

5. Hehehe, and if Sitting Bull had won the plains wars

we'd all be speaking Sioux.

:evilgrin:

[no_hypocrisy]

3. One thing to thank a soldier for: Taking care of the brothers and sisters

in her/his unit. Each soldier depends upon others for her/his safety and, perhaps life. That's beyond duty to a country.

[ironman202]

4. If you're reading this

thank your MOTHER. Never had a problem with soldiers, jost the moron sneding them into a meat grinder.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Well, let's see.

If Clinton had been in charge during WWII, we'd all be speaking Japanese.
If Clinton had been in charge during WWI, we'd all be speaking German.

At least that's the explanation I've heard for that "thank a soldier" remark.

I think the only retort is "if you're reading this in English, thank the teachers again."

[KurtNYC]

7. What it SHOULD say

If you believe the half-truths above your* a Freeper. But if you noticed that many of the facts are wrong and many of the words are misspelled you're a liberal.


* intentional

[The Magistrate]

8. Not Really, Sir

The Second World War comes the closest, but the actual mechanics of an invasion of out nation would have been extraordinarily daunting to either of the leading foes.

[teenagebambam]

9. Yeah, I figured they meant WW2

That's why it didn't make much sense to me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. If we'd lost the revolution we'd be speaking better English.

The only language I mastered as a soldier (marine, actually) was Profanity.