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“The threat or use of military force have no place in countering proliferation, and the threat or use of nuclear weapons in countering nuclear proliferation are deplorable.”

And just how long does he think it would have taken the USSR to attack America and basically the rest of the world if not for MAD, and for China to conquer at least the South Pacific, and Iran to subdue her enemies if not for the threat or use of retaliatory military force?

How long would it take organized crime to control areas if not for the same? Does he really think crime would not go out of control if not for the threat or use of physical force? Does he even read Scripture, that,

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. (Romans 13:4)

But seeing as the distinctives of his church (whose popes could wrongly employ the sword of men to obtain and maintain power) is not manifest in the inspired record of what it believed then it is no wonder he is deluded here.

But may God in His mercy set the people of North Korea free to know and serve the Lord Jesus who died for them, without any dying that would come to know Him, and without sending leanness into their soul as their bodies gain weight.