An American

[garyd]

Written by an Australian Dentist....and too
> good to delete....
> >>
> >> To Kill an American
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> 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 . 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 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.
> >>

 

[Walter P]

Thanks for the wonderful post... I wish more people in the world felt the same way. Throughout recorded human history NO nation or society has ever come close to being as benevolent as the US. Whenever we had a war we follow up by rebuilding our former enemy (The Marshall Plan and others).

As corny as it may seem, I thank God every day that my father came here back in 1918 from Europe. God Bless the USA

Walt