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Sorry, I forgot to post the article! What a dufus. forigeiveme guys...I will get it here shortly!

Here is the article in its entirety! Sorry guys, I am so dumb sometimes!

>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, > >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 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. > >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.