Make that two shocked and saddened nations. His choice of scripture was from the Old Testament. A thoughtful message that both the U.S. and Israel can be comforted by. A class act, our President.
"Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are --
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses