A Navy chum sent me a copy of an E-mail yesterday,the gist of which was that some British Royal Marines,serving overseas in the Middle East,had contacted Messrs Starbucks,coffee vendors,asking for a goodwill supply of their favourite brew.To which the reply was emphatically negative as Starbucks are anti-war and don't approve of the Armed Forces.Added to which insult,the E-mail suggests that ,during the WTC 9/11 atrocity, as survivors were helped from the rubble,the rescue services went to fetch water for them from the nearest source,which was a ,yes,Starbucks, who then CHARGED them for it !!
                   I believe that the US military have now closed down a number of Starbucks on their bases.
          Can anyone out there confirm any of this ???