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KC, that last sentence is more than profound. I think we're going to a place that has not been seen in our nation in our lifetimes.
But that doesn't mean it hasn't happened before, either here or abroad. Recall WW2, and the utter devastation of Europe. No living American recalls the Chicago Fire, or Sherman's March to the Sea. Those are just a few incidents; there are many more throughout the histories

We can use these histories like a lantern, lighting the few steps ahead so that we're not stumbling into the darkness, blind and unknowing of the perils before us."

Thank you for those words Old Sarge - we are right to take history into consideration, it is comforting in an odd sort of way.

But I can't get over the idea that the situation today is far different than what my (limited) knowledge of historical wars and tragedies tells me.

The United States is fractured within. I can no longer envision the people of this Country coming together -united as one- in order to fight the evil that draws so close to us. And somehow, that is scariest thing of all.