My experience taught me what suffering and loosing 20 members of my family, not counting the wounded, means. Knowing wars, and having lived under various regimes, having traveled in many countries on every continent, I can remember the good, the bad, and the ugly. As a father and grandfather these experiences allow me to judge what is good  and what is bad for the moment. 
I am not following any religion but my faith is unshakable, not  by any means? but by the power of love which fills me and nourishes me in every situation. I feel for everyone, regardless of religion. As a man who was not born in the USA, I wanted to know from my colleagues and friends what they understood?
I realized that my questions prompted various reactions and comments from various parts of the United States and from other parts of the world, which lead me to believe that we are far from being one nation under God as everyone says and that our leaders are far from having the wisdom of love. No one knows, when we will be a Nation United by the Power of Love, as everyone dreams.  Let me hope and pray for all of us, that the power of love, which is not the physical power, but the real stream of power which can penetrate each and every one of us, give us Life within ourselves.