A Pilot with American
Airlines says what is in his heart, beautifully...
THE CANADIAN CONTENT APPEARS AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE AND IS MEANINGFUL
TO SAY THE LEAST.
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This pilot 'hit the nail' right on the head in his open letter.
The paper stated that a Muslim doctor is saying we are profiling him
because he
has been checked three times while getting on an airplane
The following is a letter from a pilot. This well spoken man, who is a
pilot
with American
Airlines, says what is in his heart, beautifully....
Read, absorb and pass this on.
'YOU WORRY ME!' By American Airlines Pilot - Captain John Maniscalco
I've been trying to say this since 911, but you worry me. I wish you
didn't. I
wish when
I walked down the streets of this country that I love, that your color and
culture still
blended with the beautiful human landscape we enjoy in this country.
But you
don't blend
in anymore. I notice you, and it worries me.
I notice you because I can't help it anymore. People from your
homelands, professing to be Muslims, have been attacking and killing my
fellow
citizens and our friends for more than
20 years now. I don't fully understand their grievances and hate,
but I know
that nothing
can justify the inhumanity of their attacks.
On September 11, ARAB-MUSLIMS hijacked four jetliners in my country.
They cut
the
throats of women in front of children and brutally stabbed to death
others. They
took
control of those planes and crashed them into buildings killing thousands
of
proud fathers,
loving sons, wise grandparents, elegant daughters, best friends, favorite
coaches, fearless
public servants, and children's mothers.
The Palestinians celebrated, the Iraqis were overjoyed as was most of the
Arab
world. So, I
notice you now. I don't want to be worried. I don't want to be
consumed by the
same rage
and hate and prejudice that has destroyed the soul of these terrorists
But I
need your help.
As a rational American, trying to protect my country and family in an
irrational
and unsafe
world, I must know how to tell the difference between you, and the
Arab/Muslim
terrorist.
How do I differentiate between the true Arab/Muslim Americans and the
Arab/Muslim
terrorists in our communities who are attending our schools, enjoying our
parks,
and living
in OUR communities under the protection of OUR constitution, while they
plot the
next
attack that will slaughter these same good neighbors and children?
The events of September 11th changed the answer. It is not my
responsibility to
determine
which of you embraces our great country, with ALL of its religions, with
ALL of
its different
citizens, with all of its faults. It is time for every Arab/Muslim
in this
country to determine it
for me.
I want to know, I demand to know, and I have a right to know, whether or
not you
love
America. Do you pledge allegiance to its flag? Do you proudly
display it in
front of your
house, or on your car? Do you pray in your many daily prayers that
Allah will
bless this
nation, that He will protect and prosper it? Or do you pray that
Allah with
destroy it in one
of your Jihad's? Are you thankful for the freedom that only this nation
affords? A freedom
that was paid for by the blood of hundreds of thousands of patriots who
gave
their lives for
this country? Are you willing to preserve this freedom by also
paying the
ultimate sacrifice?
Do you love America ? If this is your commitment, then I need YOU to
start
letting ME know about it.
Your Muslim leaders in this nation should be flooding the media at this
time
with hard facts
on your faith, and what hard actions you are taking as a community and as
a
religion to
protect the United States of America. Please, no more benign
overtures of
regret for the
death of the innocent because I worry about who you regard as innocent. No
more
benign overtures of condemnation for the unprovoked attacks because I
worry
about what is
unprovoked to you. I am not interested in any more sympathy. I
am only
interested in
action. What will you do for America - our great country - at this
time of
crisis, at this time of war?
I want to see Arab-Muslims waving the AMERICAN flag in the streets. I want
to
hear you
chanting 'Allah Bless America ' I want to see young Arab/Muslim men
enlisting
in the military. I want to see a commitment of money, time, and emotion to
the
victims of this butchering and
to this nation as a whole.
The FBI has a list of over 400 people they want to talk to regarding the
WTC
attack. Many of
these people live and socialize right now in Muslim communities. You
know
them.
You know where they are. Hand them over to us, now! But I have
seen little
even
approaching this sort of action. Instead I have seen an already
closed and
secretive
community close even tighter. You have disappeared from the streets.
You have
posted
armed security guards at your facilities. You have threatened
lawsuits. You
have screamed
for protection from reprisals.
The very few Arab/Muslim representatives that HAVE appeared in the media
were
defensive
and equivocating. They seemed more concerned with making sure that
the United
States
proves who was responsible before taking action. They seemed more
concerned
with
protecting their fellow Muslims from violence directed towards them in the
United States and abroad than they did with supporting our country and
denouncing 'leaders' like Khadafi, Hussein, Farrakhan, and Arafat.
If the true teachings of Islam proclaim tolerance and peace and love for
all
people, then I
want chapter and verse from the Koran and statements from popular Muslim
leaders
to back
it up. What good is it if the teachings in the Koran are good, and
pure, and
true, when your 'leaders' are teaching fanatical interpretations,
terrorism, and
intolerance? It matters little
how good Islam SHOULD BE if huge numbers of the world's Muslims interpret
the
teachings
of Mohammed incorrectly and adhere to a degenerative form of the religion.
A
form that
has been demonstrated to us over and over again. A form whose
structure is
built upon a foundation of violence, death, & suicide. A form whose
members are
recruited from the
prisons around the world. A form whose members (some as young as
five years
old) are
seen day after day, week in and week out, year after year, marching in the
streets around
the world, burning effigies of our presidents, burning the American flag,
shooting weapons
into the air. A form whose members convert from a peaceful religion,
only to
take up arms against the great United States of America, the country of
their
birth. A form whose rules
are so twisted, that their traveling members refuse to show their faces at
airport security checkpoints, in the name of Islam.
We will NEVER allow the attacks of September 11, or any others for that
matter
to take away
that which is so precious to us: Our rights under the greatest
constitution in
the world. I
want to know where every Arab Muslim in this country stands and I think it
is my
right and
the right of every true citizen of this country to demand it. A
right paid for
by the blood of thousands of my brothers and sisters who died protecting
the
very constitution that is
protecting you and your family.
I am pleading with you to let me know. I want you here as my
brother, my
neighbor, my
friend, as a fellow American. But there can be no gray areas or
ambivalence
regarding your allegiance, and it is up to YOU, to show ME, where YOU
stand.
Until then.
'YOU WORRY ME!'
CANADIAN COMMENTS:
I totally agree with this sentiment. I hope you will forget all
about the
'political correctness' mandate we've had rammed down our throats, and see
if
this
doesn't ring true in your heart and mind. For Canada, with all the
multiculturism we've been told is so important....why should we not, as
Canadians, expect that
the millions of new people immigrating to our country will show their love
for
our country, their allegiance to our country, their willingness to obey
the laws
of
our country, and acceptance that we are a Christian/Jewish country? Just
because they are able to enjoy exercising their own religion, they should
not
expect us to be ashamed of ours. They knew Canada was a Christian/Jewish
country when they came here. Why are we erasing Christianity/Judism
because
immigrants who are unwilling to adopt our way of life expect us to? There
is
just too much insanity in the world, and we have to start taking a stand.
I hope you will forward, so others will feel they are not alone if they
are
starting
to feel the same.
THIS IS TOO GOOD TO JUST READ AND DELETE.... LET'S SATURATE NEW ZEALAND,
AUSTRALIA, THE USA AND CANADA WITH THIS ONE!
