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Shared on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 15:59
I received this in my e-mail earlier today and quite frankly something like this doesn't surprise me.


       
        Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let
        them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they
        send some of it to the troops there.
       
        Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of
        their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone
        in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee.
       
        So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should not support them by
        buying any of their products! I feel we should get this out in the open. I know
        this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't
        mean we don't support the boys on the ground fighting street-to-street and
        house-to-house.
       
        If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it and
        no one will never know.
       
        Thanks very much for your support. I know you'll all be there again when I
        deploy once more.
       
       
        Semper Fidelis.'
        Sgt. Howard C. Wright
        1st Force Recon Co
        1st Plt PLT

Comments

doorgunnerjgs's picture
Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 07:26
Wouldn't hurt to show the followup e-mail from the Sergeant: Here is Sgt. Wright's follow-up email after Starbucks spoke with him: Dear Readers, Almost 5 months ago I sent an e-mail to you my faithful friends. I did a wrong thing that needs to be cleared up. I heard by word of mouth about how Starbucks said they didn't support the war and all. I was having enough of that kind of talk and didn't do my research properly like I should have. This is not true. Starbucks supports men and women in uniform. They have personally contacted me and I have been sent many copies of their company's policy on this issue. So I apologize for this quick and wrong letter that I sent out to you. Now I ask that you all pass this email around to everyone you passed the last one to. Thank you very much for understanding about this. Howard C. Wright Sgt USMC 1st Force Rcon Co 1st Plt PLT RTO
ekattan's picture
Submitted by ekattan on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 16:03
OH , that is old. But I don't recall if it was true or not.
Aonon's picture
Submitted by Aonon on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 16:12
I refuse to support anyone who needs support. If you can't do it without my support then you need to rethink what you are doing.
Aonon's picture
Submitted by Aonon on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 16:20
I forgot to add the sarcasm tags on my previous comment.....:)
KLIK's picture
Submitted by KLIK on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 17:13
Any time I receive something this in my e-mail I do a search to find out if it is true or not. check out this link. http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/starbucks-iraq.htm
Smithcraft's picture
Submitted by Smithcraft on Sat, 09/08/2007 - 00:20
Always confirm before flying off the handle! SC
Brad's picture
Submitted by Brad on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 19:16
saw it already... it's BS

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