No Hoax

[morethandiamonds]

No matter where you stand in regards to the war in Iraq, I believe that our troops should be supported and given the respect that they deserve. I recieved this email from my cousin, who's husband has been to Iraq twice. It was written by a Marine who was witness to this.

Subject: No Hoax
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:48:42 -0700

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 in 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, we should not support them by
buying any of their products.

As a war vet writing to fellow patriots, 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 for what they and I believe is right.

If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can
discard it and no one will ever know.

 

[sam.i.am]

Blessings cricket

Even though you are right in saying it is not a hoax, it is however false. The original email was first penned in 2004 by Sgt Howard Wright and has since been responded to by him ...

Dear Readers,

Almost 5 months ago I sent an email to you my faithful friends. I did a wrong thou that needs to be cleared up. I heard from 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 the men and women in uniform. They have personally contacted me and I have been sent many of their Company's policy on this issue. So I apologize for this quick wrong letter 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


And this is Starbucks' own reply to the allegation ...

Starbucks has the deepest respect and admiration for U.S. military personnel. We are extremely grateful to the men and women who serve stateside or overseas. We sincerely appreciate that they are willing to risk their lives to protect Americans and our values of freedom and democracy. While Starbucks as a company cannot directly donate to military personnel, many of our partners (employees) show their support by donating coffee.


There are many online sites dedicated to debunking urban legends and I encourage everyone to research the facts before buying into these silly emails that clog up our inbox.

 

[morethandiamonds]

:embarasse Boy, my face has been red a few times today. Thank you for correcting me. I just pasted this forward from an email that a cousin sent me. This was the first time I had ever read this forward. I should have researched it, considering my cousin is a little kooky LOL. Thank you again for fixing my blunder. God bless :girl_hug: