Kill an American

This came to me in an email from my mother who received it from a friend!

As you can see, this was sent from an Australian citizen.   Just goes to
  prove how much we here in America are loved by many who have yet to know
  us, but remain allies and support us in our fight against the evildoers.

  Keep them, as well as our military, in your prayers tonight, tomorrow, and
  every day!   For together we stand taller, stronger, and more able to win
  the strife.

  

Subject: Kill an American
 
 
   Pass this around A Must Read!
 
   Finally someone says it right !!!
 
   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:
 
   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 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 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 person
  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.
 
  Americans welcome the best, the best products, the
  best books, the best music, the best food, the best
  athletes. 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. 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.
 
  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.

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