To Kill an American

By |2018-09-25T23:04:04+00:00September 25th, 2018|International, Islam, Opinion|

You probably missed this in the rush of news, 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 an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is. So they would know when they found one. (Good one, 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 Comanche, 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, never asking a thing in return……..

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. It’s been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different 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 other bloodthirsty tyrants in 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.

DHS Official “Doesn’t Know” How Many People Have Been to Syria, Overstayed Visas (Video)

By |2016-11-11T00:14:12+00:00December 18th, 2015|International, Islam|

Lawmakers were left baffled during a hearing Wednesday when a senior DHS official was unable to answer basic questions about the Visa Waiver Program.  In an unbelievable exchange with Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH), Assistant Screening Coordination Secretary Kelli Ann Burriesci repeatedly claimed ignorance about data relating to the program.

One example from the exchange:

Rep. Jordan: “How many Syrian refugees have entered the United States in the last year?”

Burriesci: “Sir I didn’t bring any of the refugee numbers with me because I was prepared to talk about Visa Waiver,”

Fair enough, so Rep. Jordan switched gears to ask about the program, once again hitting a brick wall:

Rep. Jordan: “How many visa waiver overstays are there in the United States?”

Burriesci: “Sir I didn’t bring that number with me”

This went on for several minutes, until an exasperated Jordan had had enough:

“Ms. Burriesci, I’ve asked you the number of Americans that have traveled to Syria, you don’t know; the number of Americans that may have traveled and returned, you don’t know; the number of Syrian refugees who have entered the country, you don’t know; the number of visa waiver program overstays, you don’t know; the number of Visa waiver overstays who may have been to Syria before they came here, you don’t know; and the number of American citizens on the no-fly list, you don’t know.”

“…you can’t give us one single number to, I think, some pretty basic questions?”

It seemed she couldn’t, going on to claim that the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t keep those numbers, but that she would work with her “inter-agency partners” to provide them.  The incredulity over this answer seemed bipartisan, with National Security Subcommittee member Stephen Lynch also noting the lack of available information

“She said she didn’t have her numbers with her but that’s exactly the type of information we would be looking for,” said Lynch.

The full exchange from the hearing is below:

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