An American

[Guest guest]

The following was said to be written by a dentist in Australia.

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 I just thought I

would write to let them know what an American is, so they would know when

they found one.

An American is English, French, Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish,

Russian or Greek. An American may also be Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese,

Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, Arab, Pakistani, or Afghan. An

American may also be a Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, or one of

the many other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, 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 man and woman 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 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. The best products, the best books, the best music, the best

food, the best athletes.

Americans welcome the best, but they also welcome the least. The national

symbol of America 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 in

the morning of September 11, earning a better life for their families. [i've

been told that the people in the Towers were from at least 30, and maybe

many more, 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.

So look around you. You may find more Americans in your land than you

thought were there. One day they will rise up and overthrow the old,

ignorant, tired tyrants that trouble too many lands. Then those lands, too,

will join the community of free and prosperous nations. And America will

welcome them!

Pass this around the World!

GOD BLESS THIS WONDERFUL NATION

Temple

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Chelmsford, MA 01824

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[Guest guest]

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 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.< /I>

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

Pass this around the World

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