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.