CANADIAN,
Australian,
United Kingdom
COMMENTS
APPEAR
AT THE
END OF THE
ARTICLE AND
ARE
MEANINGFUL.
This
pilot hit the
nail right on
the head in
his open
letter.
A newspaper
stated that
some 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 all
of our hearts,
beautifully.
YOU
WORRY ME!
By
Captain John
Maniscalco,
American
Airlines Pilot
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, 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
MORE of the
same good
neighbors and
children?
The
events of
September 11
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 it and
let it
prosper? Or do
you pray that
Allah with
destroy it in
one of your
Jihads? Are
you thankful
for the
freedom that
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
interested
only 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, 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, and
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
multiculturalism
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
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
country when
they came
here. Why are
we erasing
Christianity
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 this,
so that others
will feel they
are not alone
if they are
starting to
feel the
same.
BRITISH
COMMENTS: At
last a clear non
racist example
of the
concerns that
the vast
majority of
our Nations
population
probably
share. The
pilot's
letter
encapsulates
all that is
fair and just
about
national pride
and protection
of one's
national
culture. I
fear it may be
too late here
in UK , BUT
we too want
our country
back in the
form that
attracted all
these
different
cultures to
come here in
the first
place!! In all
our
conversations
with a wide
range of
friends and
acquaintances
we have not
met one that
disagrees with
our own views.
If only we all
had the
courage of our
convictions to
pass this on,
it is a
statement that
should be
accepted as
the
heart-felt
feelings of
someone with
honest
commendable
national
pride.
Australian
Comment: Best
email I have
had in years
it needs to be
in every paper
every day
until we get
some answers.
THIS IS
TOO GOOD TO
JUST READ AND
DELETE --
LET'S SATURATE
NEW ZEALAND ,
AUSTRALIA , UK
, EUROPE, USA
, CANADA AND
THE REST OF
THE FREE
WORLD! Do
your part and
pass it on.
