But why would He permit anything bad to happen to the United States?*
*A few nights ago, I happened to see, on TCM, the 1939 film Babes in Arms, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. It ends with a huge production number titled "God's Country," which obviously referred to the US. However, let us be fair. World War II was starting to erupt in Europe, and patriotism--even hyper-religio-patriotism--was considered appropriate.