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 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.
When the Soviet army overran Afghanistan 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.
Author unknown
