A story told by US National Security Adviser General James Jones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmUb_cXI5aI

A shortened version:

A Taliban militant gets lost and is wandering around the desert looking for
water. He finally arrives at a store run by a Jew and asks for water. The
Jewish vendor tells him he doesn't have any water but can gladly sell him a
tie. The Taliban begins to curse and yell at the Jewish storeowner. The Jew,
unmoved, offers the rude militant an idea: Beyond the hill, there is a
restaurant; they can sell you water. The Taliban keeps cursing and finally
leaves toward the hill. An hour later he's back at the tie store. He walks in
and tells the merchant: "Your brother tells me I need a tie to get into the
restaurant."

Allen


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