TO
KILL AN AMERICAN
It was reported that someone in Pakistan had published
in a newspaper, an offer
of a reward to anyone who killed an American,
any American.
In
response, 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!!!!)
THE
EDITORIAL
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 anything in return.
When Afghanistan was overrun 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.
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.
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.
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