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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 the following to let everyone know what an American
is, so they would know when they found one.
(Good on ya, 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 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 is from 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 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.
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.
Americans welcome the best,
the best products, the best books, the best music, the best
food, the best athletes. 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. I've been
told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least
30 other 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 every bloodthirsty tyrant in
the history of 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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