But some leaders, and some nations, can’t be, and shouldn’t be, trusted. Francis’s foolish advice is reminiscent of Mahatma Gandhi who urged Jews not to resist the Nazis. Wouldn’t want to dirty your hands with weapons.Pope Francis said Sunday that military disarmament is not optional but constitutes a “moral obligation” for all nations.
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The existence of weapons leads humanity to live “in fear of war,” the pope declared, and the only way to remove this fear is to eliminate all weapons.
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“Let’s get this into our heads,” he added. “And this requires the courage of all members of the great family of nations to move from a balance of fear to a balance of trust.”
People live in fear of war for excellent reasons. They lived in fear of war two thousand year ago, too, when weapons were much more primitive. The way to remove fear of war is to be more powerful than one’s potential adversaries.
Happily, there is no chance that anyone will listen to his bad advice.
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