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