Honestly, I don't even know what to say. Everyone has probably heard about what's gone on in Europe the last few days. Americans know how the French people feel right now... and our hearts and thoughts go out to them.
For some reason, the events bring to mind one of my favorite poems, by Ranier Maria Rilke:
"Against whom, rose, have you assumed these thorns? Is it your too fragile joy that forced you to become this armed thing? But from whom does it protect you, this exaggerated defense? How many enemies have I lifted from you who did not fear it at all?