I am sure that some Russian statesmen feel they can say the same about Britain. In fact, almost every nation seems almost impossible to understand. The Italians are unique, as are the Greeks. The French differ from the Germans—and nobody understands the other it seems.

The kind of understanding that can prevent wars comes only from the long and steady exchange of ideas and thoughts and clarification of motives, plans and actions that are taken. Mankind has rarely found that—but there are nations who do live peacefully side by side. God promises the time will come when nations will no longer learn war (Isaiah 2:3-4). They will have learned His ways and flow towards His holy temple. Then riddles will no longer exist among nations.