general petreus assumes the stance in afghanistan part xiv

as witherspoon/woods listened to the conversation below --- she was most surprised by the perfect English accents with which the party of six spoke --- all of them sounded like they were born and raised in England........ Fatima, the mother, continued in perfect English tones:

'well i daresay, i'll miss you boys, 't won't be the same without you, not sure how i'll get by in the harvest times,' she said, sounding like she was from Kent --- as she wiped a tear from her face,

'oh, hangabout,' she continued, 'who's this then?' she asked as a western looking soldier approached them

'allo, allo,' said one of the clerics, 'what's all this about then?'

'sir,' said the soldier, 'i've come to gauge your interest in growing oranges,'

'are you a christian crusader then?' asked the 2nd cleric with a cockney accent

'no sir, i'm a canadian,' responded the smart looking soldier

'corr, blimey, a cadadian, get about then! i'll have naught to do with you!' said the 3rd cleric, 'who's your commanding officer then?'

'my commanding officer is the major-general in charge of all canadian troops in afghanistan sir,' replied the canadian

'well hangabout, hangabout,' said the mother, Fatima, sounding very English indeed, 'who's the highest authority, under God, of the Canadian people,' she asked

'well that would be the Queen Elizabeth the II of England, ma'am,' replied the Canadian

'well, what's so Maaajeeestic about her?' replied the mother, Fatima, in sarcastic tones.......