Written
by an Australian Dentist....and too good to
delete....
To
Kill an American
You
probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a
report that someone in Pakistan had
published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American,
any American.
So
an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know
what an American is . So they would know when they found one. (Good one,
mate!!!!)
"An
American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish,
Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian,
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or
Afghan.
An
American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache,
Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native
Americans.
An
American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or
Muslim.
In
fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America
they are free to worship as each of them
chooses.
An
American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to
God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the
government and for God.
An
American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the
world.
The
root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God given
right of each person to the pursuit of
happiness.
An
American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in
the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in
return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army
20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win
back their country!
As
of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation
to the poor in Afghanistan. Americans welcome
the best of everything...the best products, the best books, the best music, the
best food, the best services. But they also welcome the
least.
The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor,
the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These
in fact are the people who built America.
Some
of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001
earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30
different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided
and abetted the terrorists.
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So
you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo,
and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But,
in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a
particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human
spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an
American.
Please
keep this going!
Pass
this around the World ?
Then
pass it around again.
It
says it all, for all of us |