THANK
YOU AUSTRALIA....
This
is an absolutely beautiful tribute to
the United States of America. And
an Australian wrote it. Many people love
America -- many people don't. But it is
what it is.
Written by an Australian Dentist....
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 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
on e 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 a thing 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.
Americans welcome the best of
everything...the best products, the best
books, the best music, the best food,
the best services. 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. 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 bloodthirsty 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."
Courtesy
Of: Rayna@htcplus.net
