This is being written one week after the act of war against our country. Other things may have transpired since then… Anyway, I WAS JUST THINKING that terrorist groups are usually quick to claim responsibility for their atrocities. To this point "mum's the word". Kind of interesting, isn't it?
I was in Jr. High at the time of Pearl Harbor, so I was old enough to remember. The nation had lived through 10 years of "depression". Compared to today, we didn't have all that much then. Consequently, when gas (we didn't have a car), shoes, clothes, food were rationed and hard to find during World War II, that was no "big deal" We were used to that.
Now it's different. Compared to 60 years ago we have everything and lack nothing. Do we have the "stomach", the will to BE without, DO without, LIVE without? We may well FIND out. Pray God gives us the backbone.
To date: The president, the Congress and Governors all have encouraged us to pray and invoke the blessing of Almighty God. The media has covered this plus assorted prayer services (notably the one at the National Cathedral) with a kind of subtle approval. However, we have, to date, not heard dissenting voices from the ACLU, People for the American Way or other "church/state separation" folks. Anyway, God still is not allowed in the school house.
As the Russian born comedian says, "Is this a great country, or what???"