How do you change a country?

Seventy-seven dollars at the pump! You begin to wonder how many billion dollars have we spent in the name of freedom to decimate a country with bombs when the same money could have provided a home and income for every one of them for the same fifteen-year period. Ghandi and MLK modeled passive resistance: how only the change in a man's heart can change a country. Jesus never picked up a sword, but he changed the world with love and sacrifice. We are a country whose hippies are now the wealthiest generation the world has known and their lost ideals have turned into heartless capitalism and the alienation of the world. This may seem anti-American but my concern is less about patriotism and more about Christ-likeness. I have erased these sentiments so as not to be divisive but I wrestle with the silence. We have lost our way and are trying to combat radical Islam with bombs-did we learn nothing from the crusades? We hide behind our freedoms and wealth but we have lost our ideals because we have marginalized our beliefs. Would not love provide the shock and awe we are in need of?