from Marie in Sydney Dear
Mary, from Mary in FL 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 the following to let everyone
know what an American is, so they would know when they
found one. (Good on ya, An
American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish,
German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American
may also be Canadian, Mexican, 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
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. I've
been told that the World Trade Center victims were from
at least 30 other countries, cultures, and first
languages, including those that aided and abetted the
terrorists. 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.
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