Title: Starbucks Lack of Support For Iraq Troops Rumor - Hoax-Slayer
Headings: Starbucks Lack of Support For Iraq Troops Rumor
Starbucks Lack of Support For Iraq Troops Rumor
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Content: GO GET ‘EM AMERICA . STAND-UP FOR OURSELVES! Detailed Analysis: According to this protest message, Starbucks refused a request by US Marines in Iraq to donate coffee because the company did not support the Iraq war or “anyone in it”. The message asks recipients to show their support for troops by refusing to buy Starbucks products in protest of the company’s policy. The message began circulating in 2004 after Marine Sergeant Howard C. Wright sent it to a group of friends who then passed it on to others. The message soon spread around the world and continues to circulate years after it was first sent. However, Sergeant Wright did not receive the refusal letter from Starbucks personally. Instead, he heard reports of the supposed refusal,
Dear Readers, along with suggestions that Starbucks did not support the war, from others and these reports subsequently turned out to be incorrect. Sergeant Wright was later contacted directly by Starbucks after the company became aware of the email rumor.