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Starbucks Lack of Support For Iraq Troops Rumor

Fact-check by Hoax-SlayerPublished 2 min read

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The claim

Message claims that Starbucks refused to donate coffee to Marines stationed in Iraq because the company does not support the war.

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

If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it and no one will never know.

Thanks very much for your support. I know you’ll all be there again when I deploy once more.

Semper Fidelis.

Sgt. Howard C. Wright

1st Force Recon Co

1st Plt PLT

PLEASE DON’T DELETE THIS.. ALLOW IT TO BE PASSED TO ALL IN MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM OR NOT!!!

Also, don’t forget that when the Twin Trade Towers were hit the fire fighters and rescue workers went to Starbucks because it was close by for water for the survivors and workers and Starbucks charged them!!!

JUST A NOTE TO THIS; STARBUCKS HAD STORES ON SEVERAL MILITARY BASES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE NOW BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS. GO GET ‘EM AMERICA. STAND-UP FOR OURSELVES!

Rated Hoax by Hoax-Slayer.

What the fact-checkers found

False. The claim that Starbucks did not support the Iraq war or US military personnel is an old rumour without substance and the message should not be forwarded.

Update:

A more recent version of the message claims that Starbucks refused a request to send coffee to British Royal Marines stationed in Afghanistan because it did not support the war there. This UK based variant is just a mutated version of the 2004 original and has no basis in fact whatsoever.

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