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WE SALUTE U PEOPLE'S OF AMERICA
3/27/2007 9:39:18 AM
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Hello friends, this was sent to me by a friend from New Zealand, I found it very profound, and wanted to share it with all my American friends.
Written
by an Australian Dentist...and too good to delete....
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 fol! lowing 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 t! he 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.
GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!
Blessings all
Pauline R
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