While watching Obama's inauguration, I was struck by the prayer that Rick Warren prayed. Not by the words themselves, but by the fact that he was praying as a representative of the whole nation.
What would it mean if America meant these words "forgive us ... as we forgive those who sin against us".
What would happen if the USA did forgive those people who sin against them. How would the last 8 years have been different if they could have "forgiven" the 911 terrorists? Surely a country is bound to bring lawbreakers to justice, but would there have been a war in Afghanistan? In Iraq? ...