Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fwd: An American Airlines Pilot Speaks His Mind
AN
AMERICAN AIRLINES PILOT SPEAKS HIS MIND
No name calling, no hatred, no political agenda.
CANADIAN COMMENT
APPEARS AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE AND IS MEANINGFUL.
THERE IS ALSO SOME RECENTLY ADDED BRITISH COMMENT.
THERE IS ALSO SOME RECENTLY ADDED BRITISH COMMENT.
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 his heart,
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.
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.
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, hacking their necks, over and over, with box
cutters. 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?
They cut the throats of women in front of children and brutally
stabbed to death others, hacking their necks, over and over, with box
cutters. 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.
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
will 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 have through our
history, given 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.
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
will 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 have through our
history, given 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 continuing 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
our returning wounded and to this nation as a whole.
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 continuing 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
our returning wounded and to this nation as a whole.
The FBI has had a long
list of people they’ve wanted to interact with
regarding the threats that they believe to be ongoing. Many of these
people live and socialize right now in Muslim communities. You know
them. You know where they are. Give the FBI a heads up as to where
they maybe. Better yet, 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, like CARE, that HAVE
appeared in the media were defensive and equivocating. They seemed
more concerned with making sure that the United States apologize and
take responsibility for actions defending our own people. 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 the late
Khadafi, the late Hussein, Farrakhan, and the late 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.
regarding the threats that they believe to be ongoing. Many of these
people live and socialize right now in Muslim communities. You know
them. You know where they are. Give the FBI a heads up as to where
they maybe. Better yet, 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, like CARE, that HAVE
appeared in the media were defensive and equivocating. They seemed
more concerned with making sure that the United States apologize and
take responsibility for actions defending our own people. 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 the late
Khadafi, the late Hussein, Farrakhan, and the late 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.
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 neighbour, my friend, as a fellow American...... But there can be
no grey areas or ambivalence regarding your allegiance, and it is up
to YOU, to show ME, where YOU stand. Until then, " YOU WORRY ME!"
my neighbour, my friend, as a fellow American...... But there can be
no grey 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
by so many on the left, 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.
the 'political correctness' mandate we've had rammed down our throats
by so many on the left, 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.
Not all Muslims are
terrorists but all terrorists to date have been
Muslims. Stand up and be counted!
Muslims. Stand up and be counted!
Australian Comment
: Best email I have had in years it needs to be
in every paper every day until we get some answers .
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 WITH THIS ONE! SEND IT!
LET'S SATURATE NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, UK, EUROPE, USA,
CANADA AND THE REST OF THE FREE WORLD WITH THIS ONE! SEND IT!