I recall watching a documentary about the effects of 9/11 called "The End of Faith" about a crisis of faith occurring for many religious Americans after the the terrorist attacks... It always perfectly illustrated that viewpoint held by many Americans that America is this righteous nation, with God protecting it from evil. People didn't lose their faith hearing about a million Rwandans being butchered with machetes in 100 days, nor due to the terrible atrocities and civilian casualties of the Somali Civil War, nor due to the grotesque acts being committed in former Yugoslavia, nor due to the civilian dead piling up in the Middle East... but instead because of 3000 Americans dying in a terrorist attack. How could God exist if he didn't protect America, the righteous, defender of liberty and democracy in this world?