I'm not really sure what the purpose of this post is...But chances are, all those individuals you encountered today were Americans, Mitch...Americans come in all different shapes, sizes, colors...Americans speak many different languages (while this I don't agree with, I do wish they would all learn to speak English, but in the same regard, I know many non-Americans that speak English better than a person that was born in America, and lived all their life here, soo...)
I left safety (well, relative safety, depends on how safe you consider yourself in a COB 10,000 miles from CONUS, hundreds of miles from the nearest friendly forces) every night, when the sun went down with 6 other men. They were all Americans. But you know what, I was one of only 3 that were born in America. Excuse the lack of names, but OPSEC.... A---- was born in Mexico City...he came to American before I was even thought of...And he picked up a gun for this country. K----- was from Korea...He put on a uniform and saluted a flag for his newly adopted country. And M--------- was Iranian. He fled his country when the Shah fell, and came to America for his wife J--------- and his daughter L-------...He worked for years in America, as a successful business owner...Then his adopted country was attacked, and he did what he felt all true hearted American men should do, he picked up a weapon to strike back. By your post above, I'd guess that you could line A----, K----, and M---- up side by side, look them up and down, and ask where the Americans were at. I would point out that you were looking at 3 of the best examples of Americans that exist.
American does not mean white baptist (or catholic, protestant, christian, whichever belief system you subsrcibe to) males....An American is anyone who lives in this country, loves this country, does things for the betterment of this country and her people. An American is one who would fight till his dying breath, any invader of this country (please do not take this statement as saying you have to be in the military and fighting this war, or ever supporting this current war. You can be totally against this war, and be an American. But if the time came that foreign forces land on our shores, you would arm yourself and toe the line. You would defend what is yours, mine, and ours).
I'm done with the soapbox, who wants it now?
drew
proudly wears, supports, deffends, and loves the red, white, and blue..well, subdued of course..so its more of a tan, green, and brown..
