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On the plus side.
REH
As we prepare to send our young to die in the sand of a
distant desert, this is a worth while read:
A special thanks goes to
the Australian Dentist who wrote these words about who we are!!
How To
Spot An American
You probably missed it in the rush of the news, but
there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had advertised 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.
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, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or 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, 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 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 person 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, 2001, Americans had given mor e 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. 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.
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.
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, anywhere, is an
American.
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