I thought this was very good.

[Carrie]

I share this with pride that it was written by an Aussie.


carl




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






Please keep this going!
Pass this around the World ?
then pass it around again.
It says it all , for all of us

[bigdoglover]

Wow Carrie, that was awsome! Thanx for posting!

[Novel]

Brought tears to my eyes...

[linnie]

Simple truths shine dont they

[Mellie]

It's nice to hear good things said about Americans. Sometimes I feel like everyone only wants to circulate the negative opinions.