Texas - Authorial Magazine

The re-claiming of America, its old
might and valor, is what motivated
author Luisa Plancher to write her book,
The Strength of a Nation. She believes
that for America to be great again, it has
nothing to do with who is the current
president only. It takes more than that.
It is a combined effort from all its
leaders and citizens, to come together
in order to shift the nation’s focus away
from military defenses and political
maneuvering.
“I prayed for years and years, asking
the Lord our God, our creator, to show
me what his will is, and to guide me in
finding answers to our problems. And
I discovered that the answers to our
national and international conflicts can
be found in the religious arena. Yes, the
same awesome force that created the
world; the same awesome force that
prompted the pilgrims to come to this
blessed shore and create this new nation,
the USA. This same awesome force is
about to unite us all together, and make
our nation great and strong, again. And
once again we can become a beacon
of hope for humanity, and inspire all
other nations in the world to trust our
creator, and come together and form the
kingdom of the Lord. This new kingdom
will have a new king: Jesus Christ, and
its capital will be in Jerusalem, in Israel,
the final frontier,” shared Plancher.
In her book, she discusses the need for a
new commitment from both leaders and
citizens to live out their nation’s promise
through courage, civility, and most of
all, faith. As the US continues to engage
the world, shaping a balance of power
that favors tolerance and freedom, the
anchor, however, needs to be unearthed
and re-rooted upon a shared belief
structure. A principled approach guided
by the spiritual. Its tact needs to come
from a place of compassion and not
from ego. Plancher shares in detail her
well thought out plans of restoring
the US real strength. She thinks the
strategies that were carried out following
9/11, from diplomacy to Middle-
Eastern intervention, are not permanent
fixes. They will not hold international
relations much longer. She believes that
only religious ideologies can restore
peace throughout the world.
Speaking of freedom, Plancher wishes
to emphasize that having freedom does
not equate having the right to hurt.
Freedom and power bring responsibility.
And that responsibility, which rests
upon an assembly, needs to be checked
and balanced constantly. Coming from
an Italian heritage, Plancher knows all
too well the pain that comes along with
fighting for freedom as her father was in
the army during the world wars. She has
personally seen the horrors of fighting.
She is prepared to do whatever it takes
to prevent the recurrence of war.
Plancher’s proposed ideas range from
simple changes to possibly radical
modifications. Her thoughts on the
construction of the great wall– is in
aligned with the incumbent president
Donald Trump’s rationale that building
a taller and stronger wall will decrease
incidents of illegal immigration
imbalance, drug smuggling, violence
and crime. In her book, she also talks
about the Jewish and Arab communities,
where the real conflict came from and
how they need to go back to their roots
of peaceful co-existence. She writes
about her ideas in a way which is easy
to read and understand which is great
for readers who are not knee-deep
about politics.
The Strength of a Nation is a thorough
discussion on politics, with sufficient and
relevant cultural context to the way the
world has changed, grounded on higher,
spiritual thinking. Plancher She believes
that a nation cannot be strong if it
doesn’t have faith and belief in God. For
her, inspired by visits from the angel of
God, she believes that “In the Kingdom
of God, the rich become richer and the
poor and sick become rich and healthy.”
In connection to angels, after the
Declaration of Independence was
signed, Virginia statesman John Page
wrote the famous letter to Thomas
Jefferson that said: ‘We know the race
is not to the swift nor the battle to the
strong. Do you not think an angel rides
in the whirlwind and directs this storm?”
The story goes on.
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