Cowboys and Indians
Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport passenger lounge in Bozeman, Montana, awaiting their flights.
One is an American Indian passing through from Lame Deer.
Another is a cowboy on his way to Billings for a livestock show and the third passenger is a fundamentalist Arab student newly arrived at Montana State University from the Middle East.
Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull.
The cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat over his face. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around, the old windsock is flapping; but still no plane comes.
Finally the American Indean clears his throat and softly he speaks, "At one time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few."
The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is"
The Montana cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a drawl, "That's cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do reckon it's a comin."
"That's cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do reckon it's a comin."
LOL and we have a cowboy in the WH with enough nuclear explosives to blow the earth off its axis.