An American
An American is
English, French, Italian,
Irish, German, Spanish, Polish,
Russian or Greek.
An American may also be
Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese,
Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian,
Arab, 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, 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 man and woman 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.
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,
Americans had given more than any
other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
The best products, the best books,
the best music,
the best food, the best athletes.
Americans welcome the best,
but they also welcome the least.
The national symbol of America 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
on the morning of September 11,
earning a better life for their
families.
[ I've been told that the people
in the
Towers were from at least 30, and
maybe
many more, other countries, cultures,
and
first languages. Included in these,
were
people from the same countries 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.
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.
So look around you.
You may find more Americans in your
land
than you thought were there.
One day they will rise up and overthrow
the old, ignorant, tired tyrants
that trouble too many lands.
Then those lands, too, will join
the community
of free and prosperous nations.
And America will welcome them!
Pass this around the World!
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~ Made with Love ~
