To kill an American

Written by an Australian Dentist....
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>> To Kill an American
>> You probably missed this in the rush of news, 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.
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>> 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!!!!)
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>> '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.
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>> An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage,
Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as
native Americans.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history
of the world.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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!
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.

When you think about it........HOW TRUE!  Thanks for posting, Larry.