" I am an American"
SO WHAT…?
In the recent developments happening in the Middle East crisis, many parties are changing their traditional stance towards the region. They are beginning to distinguish between the ‘offender’ and the ‘defender’.
Thank God that unlike organized religions, there isn’t any single custodian or a specific city in the case of English language to dictate what is authentic or not. Or else it would become hard for humanity to distinguish between the terms- ‘terrorism’ from ‘patriotism’.
When a HUMAN being with god-given soul is killed for no legitimate reason, it is a crime. Whether such a crime is done by a group of frustrated individuals or state sponsored hooligans, it is against the norms of civilized society. Every human being is made of the same clay and his soul comes from the same source (as long as one believes in it).
That being said, look above at the topic of this essay. DO you feel like asking, “Why does this have a laughing face on it?”
The words 'I am an American" apparently refers to an article written by an American in the town of Ramalla in Palestine, Israeli-occupied Palestine that is.
In the article, she is narrating the unwarranted raid of her home by 50 armed Israeli OCCUPYING forces who were ‘kind’ enough to ask her to ‘shut up and sit down’ when asked the purpose of their attack.
The writer goes on to say how she tried to convince them that she was an AMERICAN whose life is worthy of PROTECTION much more than others who were shot and killed.
To quote her words,
I insisted that they leave the house and told them that, as an American, I protest to what they are doing. They said “this is no worse than what your country is doing in Afghanistan.”…
…they kept on pushing me, poking me with the guns and telling me to get back in the house. I started screaming, “I cannot believe you are doing this, don’t you realize I am American??”…They started laughing and calling me Bush…
They were everywhere and doing what they felt like doing - including urinating on the floor…
As soon as they left…I also called his (American Consul General’s) office and insisted that I talk to him personally. They put me on the phone with the American Citizens Services section Ms. Victoria Coffineau (Chief of section). She told me I was one of dozens of American citizens making such complaints. The details of the disturbing phone call and response will follow soon to help other Americans in understanding what our offices abroad are about and what we actually get for our tax dollars. And how we allow ourselves to be treated by so called “allies”.
Not that I have anything against the nation cherished by the ideals of individual liberty and freedom for pursuit of happiness. Nor am I in favor of the misdeeds of the Israeli troops.
Yet, I cannot ignore the two ironies involved in the above experience. And hence the 
icon.