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
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.
Pass this
around the World ?
Then pass
it around again.
It
says it all, for all of us