I am proud to have many friends
in your country, not only through the Internet but
also those friends I have had for over 30 years,
since I lived in the States, as a military wife, for
a while in the late 1960's.
Back then I was ovewhelmed with
your great passion for your country, your liberty and
your rights. I've returned a few times since then and
your National Pride had never waned. Your anthem
still brings me to tears every time I hear it.
Your country is like any regular
family, with it's periodic internal squabbles but...
when some outsider tries to cause dissention or cause
harm to your family, the squabbles are forgotten and
you create a united front.
I was recently back in the
United States for a 2 month holiday which entailed 21
flights all told. I was in the World Trade Center,
for the first time in my life, on Christmas Day last
year , not knowing it would be the last.
I have wept with you and for you
since I first saw the reports about the terrorist
hijackers. and with every sad story that emerges as
the long days pass. BUT I know that your unqualified
patriotism, your immense love for your country and
freedom will unite you all in the task ahead, to
eradicate scum like Osama bin Laden and his followers
off the face of the earth.
I pray that your President and
his team have the wisdom to eliminate this murderous
filth with as little loss of life as possible. Every
democratic country in the world is behind you 100%
and that includes Australia, even though we are small
in population.
My heart goes out to those who
have lost loved ones in this tragedy and my prayers
are with you all, each and every day. Your pain is my
pain.
God bless you... America.
Jamie (Jemima)
