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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 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.
King George II on Gen. James Wolfe: "Mad, is he? Then I wish he'd bite more of my other generals!"
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\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson
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