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