I saw this statement on a car’s bumper the other day.
When we walked by, someone asked me, “does that make you really mad?”
I answered, “No.”
The other person answered, “I didn’t think it would, but it makes me just want to punch them!”
Now I think I understand patriotism; and I do believe that the war is doing some work that is profitable to Americans, but… I want to say that while I don’t agree that war isn’t working, I also don’t think that war is the answer.
When America was attacked within its own borders by terrorists, it was the hand of God that struck us. When American cities are destroyed by many natural disasters, it is the hand of God striking us (Amos 3:6). Yes, we ought to defend ourselves against our enemies, and yes, we ought to prepare ourselves against rain, fire, and floods. But when these things come upon us, we must see it as the hand of God and turn to Him. Americans – even conservative, Christian Americans – are far too reliant upon the arm of the flesh. This is called humanism and it is modern idolatry. We hail the strength of American resolve. We trust in the arm of the American government or American armed forces. This is idolatry. Christians, particularly American Christians, must repent of this sin. I’ve heard far too much patriotism that lacks repentance toward God and dependence upon Him.
We need a turn back to the God that blessed America. In 2001, when we were all stirred by the singing of that beautiful song, there was really very little turning to the Triune God of the Bible. America turned to the god it had created… a god created out of the blessing of God himself… a creation of the Creator. God gave us a wonderful nation, blessed with bounty and we have come to worship that rather than God the Father, Who sent the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth, Which Christ will return to earth someday and rule over it. He is the One Who should rule over every area of our lives. He is the One in Whom we should trust, on Whom we should rest. Some trust in George Bush, some in the supreme firepower of the U.S. Military, some in the “goodness” of the American society, some in the power of democracy, some in the strength of free-enterprise, but we should trust in the Lord our God.
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. (Psalms 20:7)
You Think Too Much! 
I would like to talk to you sometime about the whole thing of trusting in the flesh and not depending on God. Scripturally, the point is not to depend on God so we can see results that we so sorely want. It’s OK to want these things, but the point is to depend on God so that God is glorified in the endeavor. I do think that depending on God also sees the most results, but they are God-glorifying and long-term, therefore, real results. I don’t think it is easy for us or even possible to judge results, i.e. human experience, in the short term. I agree with your evaluation in this blog, and your level of concern seems as though you are serious about it. I don’t believe you are thinking too much on this.