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I am a Turkish and German Muslim. I hold both passports. I entered the US on a student visa when I was 17. This was my parents decision (German mom musical gymnastics professor, Turkish dad engineer), to spare me the terror in Turkey. Universities were especially affected.

Anyway, I was going to school, until a few years later I fell in love. We got married. She is a Catholic. She wanted to get married in a church, which did not bother me. We have two children together.

I never applied for citizenship, I felt that would be solid proof that I did not marry for that purpose. Now she's left me for another man, and I am Mr. mom. She's on the back seat of some guys Harley, living it up.

I could just take my kids and leave, but that would not be fair to them. They need to see her has often as possible.

As far as my loyalties, they lie with the righteous. And with my children... America stands for the same ideals that I do, and she's been kind to me. Had I been in one of those planes, the terrorists would have had to cut me up. Had I been standing next to the guy at LAX (fitting acronym), I would have done what I could to neutralize him. What more can I tell you?

When I was a kid growing up, terror was a tool used by the nationalists (USA money) and the communists (USSR money). The cold war was being fought even in my street. My parents still have pieces of shrapnel. No little bitty pieces, either: parts of inch thick bomb casing and stuff.. That was over 20 years ago. I've seen my share of this, which is so new to you. You're right to be angry, but focus it. Don't swing around blindly.