To Kill an American Written by an Australian Dentist
You probably missed this in the rush of news, 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 - (and is the most generous in the wotld - editor).
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 ...
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.
Coutesy Randal Smith
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