The Proudest day of my life......

Today october 22 i officially became a citizen of these great United States, I am more then ever of the conviction that despite all the problems we face at the moment, this country still is the greatest and the most generous country on the face of the planet, and i am determine to play my part and to do whatever i can to contribute to the development of my new country.

With the judge and proudly displaying my naturalization certificate right after the ceremony

Never before had Old glory meant so much to me then today......

President Bush in a video message welcoming us as new American citizens.

So the big question now is what does being an American really mean to me?.....As someone who has lived and traveled abroad, I can say that the United States is one of only a very few countries where individual liberty is held above the arbitrary power of government. it is the only country I know which takes a fair and critical look at it's own history, sometimes to the unfortunate point of obscuring the good which has been done. and although I did not approve of the War in Iraq, and still believe that we went to War for the wrong reasons, I am proud to be an American and proud of our troops fighting in other countries to protect free people everywhere. i am all for bringing the troops home, but bring them home victorious, so that the billions of tax payers dollars, and the thousands of irreplaceable lives lost on the battle field will not be for nothing.
Generations of Americans before me all came from other countries, some were poor and some very well off, but all found hopes and dreams in America the land of the free, all dare to dream and found that their dreams could come true, so it is with this sense of hope and pride that i humbly declare too that i am indeed proud to be an American....